GRS 600
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 1681
OF 021035Z JUNE 86
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026/95 Han 2922
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May
- 4 JUN 1986
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Action Taken
MIPT : SHIR S.Y. CHUNG.
1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF DRAFT OUTLINE OF SR S.Y.'S SPEECH :
BEGINS.
1. OPENING REMARKS COVERING INVITATION TO DINNER AND TO SPEAK AND THANKS ON BEHALF OF FELLOW GUESTS. DRAW ATTENTION TO DIFFERENT TRADATIONS BETWEEN CANTONESE AND BRITISH ON THE TIMING OF DINNER SPEECHES.
2. MANY LEGENDS ABOUT DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL BUT ALL CENTRED AROUND THE GREAT POET AND PATRIOTIC POLITICAL FIGURE QU YUAN N 300 B.C. GIVE BRIEFLY ONE OF THE POPULAR LEGENDS.
3. THEME OF SPEECH IS ON HONG KONG TS RECENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS. SUPPLEMENT OF SUR GEOFFREY HOWE'S SPEECH AND VIEWS FROM HONG KONG.
4. ALMOST TWO STORMY YEARS FOR HONG KONG DURING NEGOTIATIONS DUE TO RUMOURS AND SPECULATIONS. CONFIDENCE OF LOCAL COMMUNITY BADLY SHAKEN FROM TIME TO THME. BLACK SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER 1983 LEADING TO LINKING OF HK AND US CURRENCY. HONG KONG WAS FORTUNATE WITH EXPORT BOOM, FULL EMPLOYMENT AND RAISING LIVING STANDARD, THUS AVOIDING SOCINAL UNREST DESPITE PILTICAL TENSION.
5. HONG KONG WAS NOT A PARTY TO THE NEGOTIATION. NEED TO REFLECT TO BOTH BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS VIEWS, ANXIETIES, HOPES AND ASPIRATION OF HONG KONG PEOPLE. ROLE PLAYED BY UMELCO. CONTROVERSIAL DELEGATIONS TO LONDON AND BEING IN 1984.
6. THE LOBO MOTION AND DEBATES IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. INDEPENDENT SURVEYS BU UMELCO ON HONG KONG PEOPLE'S VIEWS AND ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT.
7. ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'' CONCEPT AND THREE KEY FEATURES OF AGREEMENT.
8. MY EXPERIENCE IN SPEAKING TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THE USA, CANADA, EUROPE AND JAPAN ON AGREEMENT. THE TWO BASIC QUESTIONS HOW WHLL HONG KONG FARE FROM AGREEMENT?'' AND ''WHAT ASSURANCES EXIST THAT CHINA WILL FAITHFULLY ADHERE TO THE TERMS OF AGREEMENT?''
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