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Summary translation of the editorial

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from the Wen Wei Pao of 22 November 1989

should

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for Nationality

The 22/11

not be

Economic internationalisation

confused with political internationalisation. Investment by foreign countries in Hong Kong does

not mean that such countries can share the

sovereignty over Hong Kong and can interefere with the internal affairs and administration of

Hong Kong.

Sovereignty is

is supreme and is

is inseparable from the right to govern and cannot be shared with other countries. Hitherto, the UK does not allow foreign governments to share its administrative

power over Hong Kong. The argument that pre-1997, the UK's

UK's right to govern cannot be internationalised but that post-1997, because foreign investors have по confidence in China, the administrative and ruling strata of Hong Kong should be internationalised is invalid. The important task of maintaining foreign investment post-1997 is one for the HKSARG. This task

cannot be

accomplished

by "international

in

participation

the

government" "international monitoring" of Hong Kong.

or

Some people are concerned that there would be "international participation in the government" of Hong Kong. First, the UKG have advocated at many international conferences the international participation in the question of Hong

Hong Kong, Secondly the "multilateral emigration insurance scheme" has stong implications of political participation. The multilateral emigration plan and the UK nationality package are selective and will not be available to all people of Hong