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White Paper on the Annual Report on

Hong Kong 1987 to Parliament

INTRODUCTION

1.

The purpose

Her Majesty's Government agreed in 1985, during the Parliamentary debates on the Hong Kong Bill, to produce annual

reports on Hong Kong and to lay them before Parliament. of this series of reports is to keep Parliament informed of developments in Hong Kong on a regular basis.

2.

This is the third such annual report. It contains a general survey of the main events in Hong Kong during 1987. It covers the further progress made during the year in implementing the Sino-British Joint Declaration; developments in representative government; matters concerning the public service; the redress of grievances; continued local reactions to the construction of the Daya Bay nuclear power plant in the Guangdong province of China; the performance of the economy; social and development programmes being undertaken by the Hong Kong Government; Vietnamese refugees and public order and security.

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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION

Contacts with the Chinese Government

3.

Co-operation over Hong Kong's future lies at the heart of the present close and cordial relationship between the United Kingdom and China. During the past year there have been a number of meetings between members of Her Majesty's Government and Chinese Ministers, and a wide range of contacts between officials of the two sides, at which detailed matters relating to Hong Kong have been discussed. Both Governments maintain their commitment to the full

and faithful implementation of the Joint Declaration, and recognise the importance of this in maintaining Hong Kong's prosperity and

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