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ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT (1985-86

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INTRODUCTION

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Her Majesty's Government

agreed in

1985, during the

to

produce

Parliamentary debates on the Hong Kong Bill,

annual

reports on Hong Kong and to lay them before Parliament. The purpose

to keep Parliament informed

of this series of

is reports

developments in Hong Kong. 4a

2.

This is

e

1:0

of

the second annual report. The first recorded events

the Qfrom the initialling of the draft Sino-British Joint Declaration on

Hong Kong in September 1984

in September 1984 to the end of October 1985. The present

report

the period from 30 October 1985 31 December 1986.

It

covers

to

is Her Majesty's Government's intention that each subsequent

report should cover a calendar year. <pa el.

3. D

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in

The report contains a general survey of the main events

It covers the visit to Hong Kong during this fourteen month period.

the territory of Her

in the Majesty

Queen, the

made progress

Sino-British Joint Declaration, progress towards

implementing

more

the

government, representative

reactions to the

civil service

matters,

local

construction of the Daya Bay nuclear power plant, economy, social and development programmes proposed by the Hong Kong Government, Vietnamese refugees and security. <a el20

the state of the

II.

STR EDWARD YOUDE &c hold

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The

news of

the sudden

death in

Peking of the Governor

of

promotion

of

of the

Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Sir Edward Youde, GCMG, GCVO, MBE, in the early hours of 5 December 1986 was received by the people of

and sadness.

profound shock leading up to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration

the

Question

His crucial role

Hong Kong with

in the negotiations

on

acknowledged

in

people were

the Hong Kong community and from overseas.

(Pacello)

and his

interests of

the Hong Kong

welfare

the many

tributes which poured in

selfless dedication

to the

and

of

its

from

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