RD1AGY
CONFIDENTIAL
ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG
1984-85
(presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, by command of Her Majesty, December 1985)
I.
IN TRODUC TI ON
1.
Her Majesty's
Government agreed, during the
Parliamen tary
debates on the Hong Kong Bill, to produce an annual report on Hong
Kong and to lay it before Parliament. The purpose of this report is
to keep Parliament informed of developments in Hong Kong, given
Parliament's
strong and continuing in terest in the territory.
2.
This is the first annual report. It covers the period from
the initialling of the draft Sino-British agreement on Hong Kong in
September 1984 to the opening of the 1985/86 session of Hong Kong's
Legislative Council by the Governor on 30 October 1985.
3.
general a
the survey of
main
even ts
in
to
The report contains
Hong Kong in this period, covering the s teps already taken to
implement the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the steady progress
more representative
the social state of the economy,
and development programmes proposed by the Hong Kong
refugees and security.
the government,
Government,
II.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION
(a)
Joint Declaration
4.
was
After two years of negotiations a draft agreement on Hong Kong
initialled
on behalf of the British and Chinese Governments
26 September 1984.
on
to
Hong Kong were
the draft
agreement,
given
an
and
an
on
The people of
opportunity
their views express
Assessment Office was es tablished to collate, analyse and assess
these views. The Office reported in November 1984
in November 1984 that most of the
people of Hong Kong found the agreement acceptable. Their findings
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