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TRANSCRIPT B: HONG KONG SELECT COMMITTER MEETING
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22 MAR 89
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FOREIGN SECRETARY ·
Yes. I think it is very important on something like this
There is a huge debate
not to overplay our role on this track.
taking place on these two very articles within the Basic Law Drafting Committee and the Consultative Committee with Hong Kong opinion expressing itself on different sides of the argument, and what we seek to do is to make sure that opinion is transmitted insofar as it needs amplification and to keep perhaps an overriding eye on the fundamentals, which is why I opine as I do about the importance of autoauny probably deserving a more overriding consideration than these fiscal objectives, but frankly, the answer will depend upon the judgement of those closer to the scene than you or 1 us to what is most likely to carry
confidence in Hong Kong.
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TAYLOR:
May 1 Chairman, ask une final question?
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Are there sufficient safeguards to carry out the requirement that the SAR Government will not be required to remit revenue to
This is something that was set the Central People's Government?
forth in the Joint Declaration and I just really would like your
comment on it..
FOREIGH SECRETARY:
I know it was set forth in the Joint Declaration, it was an important feature of it, and I have not had my attention directed to any aspect of the Basic Law that causes disquiet about that.
No comments yet.
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