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was
reached which has
commanded respect and admiration
everybody
throughout the world, and one of which concerned can be proud.
The agreement was not SO
much the end of a
There is
is a long way
→
process as the beginning of
of one.
there will be по
and
We
commitment to
shall need
to go and still a lot to do over the next 12 years. I should like to reaffirm to you that
diminution of Britain's interest in
Hong Kong during that period.
discussions with the Chinese Government on
of international issues relating to
interest during the transition period. At the same
time, Britain will continue to promote those interests
vigorously with other countries. For example, we shall
work hard to get the support of other Governments
such
issues
as
continuation
of
a wide range
Hong Kong's
on
international
agreements, passports, and trade. To give one more example, we are at present making a major diplomatic
effort to persuade other countries
to accept for
settlement more Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong, following Our own recent decision to accept into the UK
to about 500 Vietname se refugees at present in camp s
here.
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We shall work hard with you to resist
protectionist trends in the US and elsewhere. The UK
dependent on liberal trade as Hong Kong
is
almost as
is, and we have no intention of being pulled along by
protectionist currents elsewhere.
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