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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 2209302 JUN 84
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM HUMBER 1605 OF .22 JUNE
MKK040125
ECEIVED IN KO!STRY
25 JUN 1984
INFO PRIORITY PEKING AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDO
FOR CLIFT, HKD
OUR TEL. NO. 1567: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PUBLIC OPINION
PA
MAY
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1. VARIOUS GROUPS HAVE PRESENTED POSITION PAPERS ETC. TO UMELCO
OFFICE IN ADVANCE OF THE VISIT BY 3 UMELCO MEMBERS TO PEKING. THOSE MOST PROMINENTLY REPORTED, TOGETHER WITH THEIR MAIN POINTS, ARE:
2. HONG KONG UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION'S CURRENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
(A) THE PRINCIPLE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE GOVERNING HONG KONG SHOULD
SE CLEARLY EMBODIED IN A SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT.
(B) THE AGREEMENT SHOULD CLEARLY LAY DOWN PRINCIPLES, BUT SHOULD
NOT INCLUDE TOO MUCH DETAIL ON CONCRETE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUTURE
''SO AS TO AVOID POSING OBSTACLES TO SELF RULE''.
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(C) THE BASIC LAW SHOULD BE DRAFTED FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF AN
AGREEMENT, AND SHOULD CONTAIN THE SPIRIT OF A SINO-BRITISH
AGREEMENT ACCEPTABLE TO HONG KONG PEOPLE.''
3. A GROUP OF 21 PEOPLE, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF SOME INTEREST
GROUPS
(A) A SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON HK'S FUTURE SHOULD INCLUDE THE MAJOR
POINTS OF THE BASIC LAW, WHILE THE CONTENTS OF THE AGREEMENT SHOULD
DE EMBODIED INTO THE BASIC LAW:
(D) THE SPIRIT OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
SHOULD BE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR THE BASIC LAW. THE BASIC LAW
SHOULD NOT BE RESTRICTED BY THE ARTICLES OF CHINA'S CONSTITUTION.
THE FOUR INSISTANCES (SIC), WHICH ARE THE SPIRIT OF THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION, SHOULD NOT APPLY TO HK:
(C) ALL THE PROMISES MADE BY CHINA FOR HK SHOULD BE ENSHRINED INTO A
SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT:
(D) LOCAL RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE AMPLE TIME TO DISCUSS AND REFLECT
THEIR VIEWS ON A SING-BRITISH AGREEMENT BEFORE IT IS OFFICIALLY
SIGNED. THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS SHOULD SUBSEQUENTLY
AMEND THE CONTENTS OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSALS
PUT FORWARD BY HK PEOPLE:
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