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GOVERNMENT ALL FEASIBLE OPTIONS FOR ASSURING CONTINUITY IN HONG KONG. WE SEEK AN ARRANGEMENT ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH SIDES IN THE NEGOTIATIONS TO THIS HOUSE AND TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. WE ARE STILL NEGOTIATING. THE SHAPE OF THE FINAL PACKAGE WHICH WE BRING TO THIS HOUSE FOR APPROVAL WILL BE CRUCIAL. I BELIEVE THAT, WHILE CHANGE IN HONG KONG, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EVOLVING SOCIETY, IS INEVITABLE, WE CAN REACH AN AGREEMENT WHICH WILL ASSURE GENUINE CONTINUITY AND AUTONOMY FOR HONG KONG AND THE PRESERVATION OF ITS WAY OF

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