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LONG-TERM CAMPAIGN WHICH MUST CONTINUE HF ITS NS TO ACHIEVE RESULTS. ''THE UNOFFICIALS, INDEED, DERSERVES OUR THANKS FOR THE NR TOUGH STAND, AND THE BACKING OF THE HK GOVERNMENT ENSURES THAT THERE S A UNITED VOICE FOR THE TERRITORY, THE PAPER SAND. IMT HOPE THAT FOLLOWING THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, THE UNOFFICIALS WOULD PURSUE THE MATTER WITH ANOTHER ADJOURNMENT DEBATE. FOR T S ONLY BY CONSTANT PRESSURE THAT CONCESSIONS WILL BE ACHIEVED: INDEED THERE ARE GREATER HOPES OF MINOR CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF TIME THAN OF

ONE GRAND SLAM GESTURE.

THE HK STANDARD SAND THE HK GOVERNMENT WAS NOT REALLY KEEN TO PUSH OUR CASE IN WHITEHALL. AS A RESULT, THE HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WERE LEFT UNMOVED BY LYDNA DUNN'S ELOQUENT PLEAS.''

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