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MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT:

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RESTRICTED: ANNUAL REPORT TO

FOLLOWING IS REVISED TEXT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT.

BEGINS.

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)

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INTRODUCTION

1. HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AGREED, DURING THE PARLIAMENTARY

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 INTEREST 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. THE REPORT CONTAINS A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE MAIN EVENTS IN

HONG KONG IN THIS PERIOD, COVERING THE STEPS ALREADY TAKEN TO

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