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Action. Token

Peter Hobđảy”

than

ten years Less

to go

now

before

puts up the

Hung Kong hauls down the Union Jack

the Union Jack and

As the count- Red Flag of the Peoples Republic of China.

sections of Hong Kong in earnest BO down bugins in

of about the

and the sirength the handover, aro worried

A 10-strong delegation

some

Britain's commitment in the interim,

direct

to

is in Britain today to

today to try to get the Government

introduce

ulection& to Hong Kong's Legislative

Council or

or LEGCO, for short, but neither Mrs. Thatcher it 18 Baid. timu to talk

nor Sir Geoffrey Howe have, to the delegation,

The delegation's leader is Martin Lee QC, a member of LEGCO and he's with me now. Good morning Councillor

Loe.

What is it you're hoping to get from the Governmont? Councillor Lee: Well we hoping to impress on the Govern- ment that in Hong Kong the Hong Kong Government's crodibility 18 suffering tremendously,

and a lot of

people are leaving Hong Kong and very few people belleve that the joint Agreement between the British and Chinese

Governments,

is likely signed on 19th December 1984, 10 work, 80 We are bringing all these messagus to her, but unfortunately wo are told that she and Sir Geoffrey have no time to see us.

P. Hobday: What's your feeling about that? Cllr. Lee: Well in fact if she

we

are happy to think they are

can find time. or if

Sir

find time later on, Geoffrey can find come to sue them, but

them, but quite frankly 1 ton ashamed to see us, becauso we are coming to remind them of the promises which have been made to the British Parliament and the people of Hong Kong, when the joint declaration was announced in 1984.

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to

Hobday: Recause implicit in what you say seems be the suggestion that maybe Britain

that maybe Britain is keeping quiet about such issues so as not to enrage Bejing.

Cllr.

Loe: Indeed,

¿

there and

is widespread opinion

In Hong Kong that when it comes to anything sensitive.

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