MOTION FOR THE CHRISTMAS ADJOURNMENT
HONG KONG
SPEAKING NOTE
1. On 5 December the House held a major debate on the draft
agreement on Hong Kong's future. It resolved,
'That this House, having considered the views of the people of Hong Kong as set out in the reports of the Assessment Office and the
Independent Monitoring Team published in White Paper, Cmnd. 9407,
approves Her Majesty's Government's intention to sign the agreement
on the future of Hong Kong negotiated with the Chinese Government,
which was published in White Paper, Cmnd. 9352'.
2. On 10 December the draft agreement was debated in Another Place
where approval was also given to the Government's intention to
proceed to signature.
3. In the light of this approval my Right Honourable Friend the
Prime Minister is today travelling to Peking. Tomorrow she will
sign the agreement with Premier Zhao Ziyang. The Prime Minister, who is accompanied by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, will then visit Hong Kong.
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