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1. MR ROBERT PARRY MP HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING TWO

PQS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON 12 JULY:

A) BEGINS TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE RECENT OFFICIAL VISIT OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO PEKING.

AND

ENDS.

B) BEGINS TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, IF, DURING THEIR RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG, THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO PEKING WERE EXPRESSING THE OFFICIAL VIEW OF THE

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON THE FUTURE OF THE COLONY. ENDS.

2.

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING REPLIES BY

9 JULY:-

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A) BEGINS THREE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS OF HONG KONG, SIR S Y CHUNG, MISS LYDIA DUNN AND MR Q W LEE VISITED PEKING FROM 21-25 JUNE AT THE

INVITATION OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY.

THEY HAD MEETINGS WITH CHAIRMAN DENG XIAOPING AND OTHER CHINESE

LEADERS. THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG HAS DESCRIBED THE VISIT AS

A VERY USEFUL ONE. ENDS.

B) BEGINS DURING THEIR VISIT, THE DELEGATION OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS EXPLAINED

TO CHINESE LEADERS THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ANXIETIES OF

THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE

TERRITORY. THEY WERE NOT EXPRESSING THE OFFICIAL VIEW OF THE

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

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