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IF FOLLOWS THAT ACCEPTABILITY WILL DEPEND ON THE AGREEMENT NOW

BEING NEGOTIATED:

CONTAINING FULL DTAILS OF THE PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE, LEGAL, SOCIAL

AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS APPLICABLE AFTER 1997:

PROVIDING ADEQUATE AND WORKABLE ASSURANCES THAT THE TERMS OF THE

AGREEMENT WILL BE HONOURED:

STATING THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC LAW WILL INCORPORATE THE

PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT:

GUARANGTEEING THAT THE RIGHTS OF BRITISH NATIONALS WILL BE

SAFEGUARDED

WE BELIEVE THAT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WILL WISH TO TAKE ACCOUNT

OF OUR VIEWS. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THESE VIEWS ARE AN ACCURATE

REFLECTION OF THE VIEWS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE AS A WHOLE, TO WHOM

THE IMMINENT WITHDRAWAL, OF THE BRITISH LINK HAS BEEN A GREAT, IF

NOT ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED, DISAPPOINTMENT.

ENDS

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