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He

said that

if such

a

multinational insurance

policy

could be

established, extending perhaps through the end

of

this

century,

it

give

the

to

would

remain in the territory, where most of them would

people of Hong Kong the

confidence

like to stay,

knowing that if the worst came to the worst they

would have the opportunity to relocate.

LA A..

I n answer tu

a

question he said he did not think

that such a policy would lead to a mass exodus from Hong Kong as

stay there if they knew they had

turned out badly after the Chinese

people

be would

happy to

somewhere to go if

things

takeover.

Beijing

the

"It might perhaps even give the authorities in

an even greater incentive to conduct themselves over

course of the next several years in a way which was sensitive to

concerns of the people of Hong Kong knowing, as they would

under those

that if they botched it all up when

arrived in 1997 a lot of the people who make Hong Kong go

the

they

circumstances,

would no longer be around."

Congressman Solarz said Britain had the primary

in such

an

insurance

but policy,

ít

was

a

responsibility

responsibility that was shared by other countries and would be

best approached in a multilateral context.

said,

the

United

States could be

Pending an agreement on such an arrangement, he

helpful ០៧

own by

increasing the immigration opportunities for Hong Kong people.

its

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