TNAG-1239-FCO40-1552-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 49

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ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON EAST

FRE'S RELEASE

Consitutional Changes and The Future of Hong Kong

Gentlemen,

As early as April 1982, the Reform Club took back to

London certain proposals as to the position after the New

Territories Lease ends in 1997.

These were on the basis that

whilst the British Government acknowledged that after 1997

Hong Kong would cease to be a British colony, the Chinese

Government would undertake to permit the Government of Hong

Kong to remain, more or less in status quo, for another 20

years and thereafter until it gave 10 years notice. Much

water has flown under the bridge of Hong Kong, British and

Chinese relations since then in respect to this question.

particular we have become convinced that those proposals, as

then framed, are not and will not be acceptable to the

Chinese Government. We have therefore modified our proposals

on the future of Hong Kong, into two stages.

In

Stage 1 is to agree on overall general principles.

There are suggested as:

(1)

A declaration that the whole of Hong Kong will

no longer be a colony after, say, 1997. In

other words, the British Government will

relinquish its claim to sovereignty over Hong

Kong Island and Kowloon after 30th June, 1997.

(2)

To make Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and

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