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I.

INTRODUCTION

1.

Her Majesty's Government agreed in 1985, during the Parliamentary debates on the Hong Kong Bill, to produce annual reports on Hong Kong and to lay them before Parliament. The purpose

this series of reports is to keep Parliament

developments in Hong Kong.

of

2.

informed

of

This is the second annual report. The first recorded events

from the initialling of the draft Sino-British Agreement on Hong

Kong in September 1984 to the end of October 1985. The present

report covers

to 31 December 1986. the period from 30 October 1985

It is Her Majesty's Government's intention that each subsequent

report should cover a calendar year.

3.

in The report contains a general survey of

survey of the main events Hong Kong during this fourteen month period. It covers the visit to

the

of territory

Her Majesty the Queen, the

in

implementing the Sino-British Joint Declaration,

more

civil government,

service

made progress

progress

matters,

towards

Local

representative

reactions to

to the construction of the Daya Bay nuclear power plant, the state of the economy, social and development programmes proposed by the Hong Kong Government, refugees and security.

II.

SIR EDWARD YOUDE

4.

The news of the sudden death in Peking of the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Edward Youde, GCMG, GCVO, MBE, in the early hours of

5

1986 December

was

profound shock and

sadness.

the received by

people

role His crucial

of Hong Kong with

in the negotiations

Leading up to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on

the

Question

of

Hong

promotion

of the

and

of interests

Kong

his

selfless

dedication

to

the

Hong Kong

and the

welfare of

its

people were acknowledged in the many tributes which poured in from

the Hong Kong community and from overseas.

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