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PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER). HONG KONG SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED.

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LORD GLENARTHUR SAID HONG KONG WAS NOT BEING IGNORED.

TOOK NOTE OF THE REQUEST TO SEE THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE

SECRETARY OF STATE. HE SAID THAT IN SPEAKING TO THE MINISTER

RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG, THEY WERE SPEAKING TO THE GOVERNMENT,

AND THAT THEIR VIEWS WOULD NATURALLY BE REFLECTED THROUGH HIM TO

THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND TO THE PRIME MINISTER. HE REGRETTED

LEE'S DECISION NOT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS HIS VIEWS, AND REPEATED HIS WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO WHAT LEGCO MEMBERS HAD

TO SAY. 5.

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