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CIVIC

會協民公港香

HONGKONG CIVIC ASSOCIATION

D'AGUILAR STREET,

BOS YIP FUNG BLDG.

HỒNG KONG

TEL:

H.225584

H.26047 4

街立

德港

堂三 五夏大堂素

H二二五五人口 H二六〇四七四

January 24, 1986

Mr. Timothy Renton, MP

Minister of State for Foreign &

Commonwealth Affairs

Foreigh & Commonwealth Office London.

ENGLAND

Dear Mr. Reuton.

I am writing this letter to you as Chairman of the Hong Kong Civic Association and as an elected Legislative Councillor.

I was grateful for the opportunity, together with other members of UMELCO, to attend the meeting last night during which you explained your thinking on the "convergence of views" on Hong Kong's political changes in the coming years.

It hardly needs emphasizing that such

"convergence" should take into full consideration the sentiments and views of the 5.5 million Hong Kong residents, firstly on the part of the British Government in the 1987 review of the development of representative government, and secondly by the Chinese Government during the drafting of the Basic law.

The common objective of both the British and the Chinese Governments is the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong, in accordance with the Joint Declaration. In this respect, the British Government should not lose sight of the fact that there are many intelligent people in Hong Kong, especially professional people, who are concerned that Britain might not take sufficient cognizance of the views of Hong Kong people, and thus give the impression rightly or wrongly of a 'sell out" of their fundamental interests.

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