TNAG-1395-FCO40-1867-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Parliamentary-debates-1985 — Page 99

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(f) UK firms must set out to capture orders in China.

SIR PETER BLAKER

(a) Good grounds for confidence in China keeping to agreement. (b) Outrageous if our allies prevented Hong Kong having separate status in international organisations.

(c) Annual report a good idea.

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on

Hope that Unofficial Hong Kong representation will be possible

JLG.

(e) Hong Kong representation on Basic Law drafting necessary to

maintain confidence.

(f)

Statelessness should be avoided.

SIR NICHOLAS BONSOR

(a) UK should accept Vietnamese refugees and encourage other

countries to do same.

SIR PAUL BRYAN

(a)

China should ensure Hong Kong views on drafting of Basic Law

are taken into account.

(b) Steps towards representative government should not be rushed. (c) Reduction in overseas students grants would be disastrous for

confidence in Hong Kong.

DENNIS CANAVAN

(a) Assessment Office methods imperfect.

(b) Representative government White Paper was too little, too late; functional constituences are unnecessarily divisive; by 1990 LEGOO should be directly elected, and EXCO and Chief Executive should be

elected from LEGOO.

(c)

There must be an end to exploitation of cheap labour by

multi-national capital by 1997.

TOM CLARKE

(a) Strong case for improving democratic processes: shared by Hong Kong people.

this view

(b) Need to be generous with Parliamentary time in next twelve

years.

to everyone involved in

(c) Vietnamese refugee problem is affront to everyone

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