COMMERCIAL RADIO (ENGLISH) HEADLINED ITS REPORT THAT AN AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE WAS STILL NOT IN SIGHT AS SIR GEOFFREY HAD SAID THE TWO SIDES WERE STILL SOME WAY FROM AN AGREEMENT. BUT THE STATION QUOTED SIR GEOFFREY HOWE AS SAYING A GOOD DEAL OF PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE.
OTHER STATIONS LED WITH SIR GEOFFREY'S STATEMENT THAT IT WOULD NOT BE REALISTIC TO EXPECT BRITISH ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE BEYOND 1997. BRITAIN AND CHINA WERE WORKING ON WAYS TO SECURE THE ASSURANCES NECESSARY FOR THE CONTINUTITY OF HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY AND WAY OF LIFE.
IN THEIR REPORTS THE STATIONS MENTIONED SIR GEOFFREY'S REMARKS THAT HONG KONG WOULD ENJOY A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY UNDER CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY AFTER 1997, AND THAT BRITAIN'S OBJECTIVES WERE TO SEEK A FRAMEWORK FOR HONG KONG AS A FLOURISHING AND DYNAMIC SOCIETY AND AN AGREEMENT IN WHICH THESE ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE FORMALLY RECORDED.
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