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PART 1 OF 2 PARTS
OFFICIALS' REPLIES TO THE DEBATE ON MY 1989 LEGCO ADDRESS
FOLLOWING ARE EXTRACTS FROM THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S SPEECH DELIVERED
ON 8 NOVEMBER. THE EXTRACTS COVER:
(A)
RELATIONS WITH CHINA
(B) BASIC LAW
(C)
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POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
(D) BILL OF RIGHTS
(E)
NATIONALITY AND
(F) FUTURE OF H-K-.
RELATIONS WITH CHINA
IT IS NOT AT ALL SURPRISING THAT SO MANY MEMBERS OF THIS
COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE REFERRED TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA FOR, AS ONE MEMBER PUT IT SO SUCCINCTLY, OUR DESTINIES ARE INSEPARABLE. NEVERTHELESS, THE PATHS WHICH WE TAKE TOWARDS THESE DESTINIES ARE DIFFERENT: A FACT WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN EXPRESSION IN THE CONCEPT OF ''ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS''
THE EVENTS OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE UNDERLINED THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR SYSTEM AND THAT OF THE PRC. INEVITABLY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA HAS COME UNDER STRAIN, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WITH TIME AND PATIENT EFFORT ON BOTH
SIDES WE WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE FLEXIBLE AND CONSTRUCTIVE
APPROACH TO PROBLEMS WHICH HAS CHARACTERISED OUR RELATIONSHIP
SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION.
FOR OUR PART WE ARE DETERMINED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO BRING THAT ABOUT.
BRITAIN AND CHINA ARE BOUND TOGETHER BY THE JOINT DECLARATION TO WORK FOR THE CONTINUING PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF
HONG KONG AND BOTH SIDES HAVE DECLARED THEIR CONTINUING
COMMITMENT TO THE FULL AND FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT
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