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ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT 1985-86

I.

INTRODUCTION

1.

Her

Majesty's

Government

agreed

in

1985, during

debates

on

Parliamentary

reports on Hong Kong and to lay them before Parliament.

to keep Parliament

of

reports

this series of

developments in Hong Kong.

is

the Hong

Kong

to Bill,

the

produce

annual

The purpose

informed of

2.

This

is the second annual report. The first recorded

from the initialling of the draft Sino-British Agreement

events

on

Hong

in

Kong

report Covers

September

It is

Her

Majesty's

Government's

intention

1984 to the end of October 1985. The present

to 31 December 1986. the period from 30 October 1985

that each subsequent

report should cover a calendar year.

=

3.

The report

general report contains a

Hong Kong during this fourteen month period.

the Majesty

Joint Declaration,

the territory

of

Her

implementing the Sino-British

more

survey

of the main events

in

Queen,

It covers the visit

the

made

to

civil service

progress

towards progress

· matters, Local

in

government, representative reactions to the construction of the Daya Bay nuclear power plant, the state of the economy, social and development programmes proposed by the Hong Kong Government, refugees and security.

II.

SIR EDWARD YOUDE

4.

The news of the sudden death in Peking of the Governor of

of Hong Kong, Sir Edward Youde, GCMG, GCVO, MBE, in the early hours o

5 December 1986

people of Hong Kong wit

in the negotiati profound shock and sadness. His crucial role

was

received by the

Leading up to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration

the Question

selfless dedication to

and the Hong Kong

welfare

promotion

Hong

of

of

Kong, and the interests of

in the

his

th

people, were acknowledged in the many tributes which poured in from

the Hong Kong community and from overseas.

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