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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG.
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THE NCNA BULLETIN FOR 3 JULY CARRIES THE FOLLOWING DESPATCH DATED 1 JULY.
BEGINS:
LONDON, JULY 1 (XINHUA):
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BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY GEOFFREY HOWE LEFT HERE TODAY ON A THREE-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG, WHERE HE IS EXPECTED TO DELIVER A MAJOR SPEECH TO SPELL OUT BRITAIN'S POLICY ON HONG KONG.
DURING HIS VISIT, HOWE REPORTEDLY WILL REAFFIRM BRITAIN'S COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, OVER WHICH CHINA WILL RESTORE ITS EXERCISE OF SOVEREIGNTY IN 1997 UNDER THE
SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON HONG KONG.
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BRITISH NEWSPAPERS SAID HOWE IS LIKELY TO FACE MASS DEMONSTRATIONS BECAUSE HIS GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO GIVE 3.25
MILLION HONG KONG RESIDENTS THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN BRITAIN.
BUT SOURCES AGREED THAT HOWE HAS NO INTENTION TO YIELD GROUND ON THE ISSUE AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE ANY MAJOR RELAXATION OF IMMIGRATION RULES.
IN A REPORT ON HONG KONG PUBLISHED YESTERDAY, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SELECT COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUPPORTED THE GOVERNMENT'S STANCE ON REFUSING HONG KONG CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO
LIVE IN BRITAIN.
''DESPITE THE UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ABOUT THE RECENT EVENTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, WE ARE IN NO DOUBT THAT THEIR BEST FUTURE LIES IN HONG KONG AND THEREFORE THAT THE BEST GUARANTEES FOR THAT FUTURE ARE THE CONTINUING ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF THE TERRITORY AND STRONG AND
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