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MAN FROM AUDIENCE.
SIR ROBIN DAY
LADY
Yes Mr. Chairman, Bernard Levin is the
only one who has come anywhere near answering what I am thinking where are they all going to go with a passport.
Thank you, justone more point, I would like to bring in someone who hasn't had
a go. The lady there please.
Why can't the people of Hong Kong themselves be part of the negotiations
for their own future?
SIR ROBIN DAY
GEORGE WALDEN M.P.
George Walden are they being brought in enough in a country which doesn't have elected government?
Well lets be clear again about this, the reason why Hong Kong is not a democracy, even though it is being run by Britain is quite simply that the Chinese would not allow it. The last
thing the Chinese want are political parties in Hong Kong and over the years the place has been extremely well run by Britain but not as a democracy but in a realistic fashion in co-operation
with China but it has had a lot of the attributes of a democracy, free speech and as we know, a very flourishing capitalist economy but the problem for the future is a new problem and it is a difficult problem and if I may just say SO on what Bernard said, I think the
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very worst thing that we could do and
the most dangerous thing that we could do for the 5 million people of Hong Kong
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