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QUESTION

Mrs. Thatcher, we are indeed very happy to have so

many assurances given by the two Governments for the future

prosperity and stability of Hong Kong, but from the Hong Kong

People's point of view, in order to set our heart at ease and

to help us, as diligent as before, to create another miracle

the best assurance is to have chance to choose another

lifestyle than you want to. I think we should remember one

of your few Hong Kong advisers, ????????, an experienced and

imaginative Executive Councillor of Hong Kong Government, who

put out a proposal of setting up a fund in Hong Kong in order

to help those people those Hong Kong people...in case they

need information and advice to choose another lifestyle.

Mrs. Prime Minister, our common aim is to maintain...

BERNARD INGHAM

What is the question?

Could we have the question,

please?

SANE MAN

Yes, now I come to the question.

Mrs. Prime Minister,

our common aim is to maintain the prosperity and stability

of Hong Kong.

Will Mrs. Thatcher and the British Government

ever consider helping Hong Kong people to establish and to

promote this fund, and may I just remind you, Mrs. Prime

Minister, during the Falklands War, in which your Government

decided to protect a remote dependent territory. On behalf

of the Hong Kong people, the Hong Kong Government act

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