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FOREIGN SEC.
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INTERVIEW "VORLD AT ONE" - 10 FEB 1988
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INTERY IBVER:
Some other people might say:
"What is the point of offering
the Hong Kong people direct elections if their future is bound up
with that of China?" Are you not raising expectations which might
be dashed?
FORRIGE SECRETARY:
tha
To. I think it is important to take steps in Hong Kong that
maintain continuity, that offer the prospect of stability, that are
working towards the implementation of the Joint Declaration, and it
ip on that confident basis that the Joint Declarating
agreement with the Chinese does provide for elections to the
Legislative Council. It is against that background that we are
moving sensibly and cautiously forward as we are doing.
INTERVIEWER:
Overall, in Hong Kong being treated fairly?
FOREIGH SECRETARY:
Undoubtedly.
Hong Kong understands very clearly tho
importance of looking into the future, set in the context of the agreement with the Chinese, of moving by evolution not revolution down that road, so that what is achieved now can be maintained into the future and Hong Kong, I think, is well understanding of
what we are duing.
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