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TRANSCRIPT C HONG KONG SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING 22 MAR 89
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IR TEKPLE-MORRIS (COFT) :
So that is one side of it, grounds for optimism, but the
other side of it perhaps is that well goodness gracious ma are
they ever going to live up to thic? There is so much here which
carries, if you like, Hong Kong in the future so far away from
what China can possibly hope to become itself, that there must be
many people in Beijing and elsewhere who might say, or certainly
be tempted to say after 1997: *This goes far too far, we are not
going to have all thew electione and in any event many people in
Hong Kong are not the least bit interested in elections. Aud
indeed, pursuant to that, I think we only mustered about 17
percent in the last Municipal Elections.
So that therefore
against that apathetic background is not this document going too
far?*
So there are the two sides to the question really, and I am
just wondering against that background how the Foreign Secretary
sees Hong Kong in Chinese eyes after 1997?
POREIGN SECRETARY:
Well I think the most important feature of China's
perception of the future of Hong Kong is their powerful wish that
it should continue to be successful. The one thing that is
absolutely clear is their recognition of the dynamic and quality
of this unique society and above all they want it to go on like
that. That is at the heart of the commitment to stability and
prosperity.
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