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Development of Self Rule

17. There is also one feature of Chinese policy that could be

helpful. This is that they seem to envisage a development of

self rule in Hong Kong in the period between now and 1997, perhaps

based on elections. Hitherto, we have avoided this, the normal

development in dependent territories, because of a well-based

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