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PORRIGE SEC P.C. HOTG YOG 4 JULY 1989

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QUESTION (ATV) (CONTD);

In the past two months, many people in Hong Kong supported

To the British Government and to you, do the Beijing students.

you

think that this would jeopardise the concept of one country/two

systems and also put in jeopardy the Joint Declaration?

angle, do you think that such actions should stop?

From your

FOREIGN SECRETARY:

I understand, of course, the starting point being the Joint

I drew attention to the fact yesterday the Chinese

Declaration.

leaders had been reaffirming the importance of one country/two

systems. That in itself is not enough, but I am sure that the most

important thing to achieve is the flourishment of the system we have

sought to secure for Hong Kong here in Hong Kong and I think that it

must be sensible to concentrate on that.

If one is seeking to protect Hong Kong and the system we have

established here from dominance or interference by the other systan

in the other part of the country, then it must I think be sensible

to set about establishing our own system in the same way.

QUESTION (ABC_TEVS):

Sir Geoffrey, do you believe that there is anything that the

United States can or should do for Hong Kong moving towards 1997?