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are useless no matter how strongly put, for the people of Hong Kong expect to see action from the British Government in honouring its promise of democracy by progressively instituting a meaningful democracy in Hong Kong between and 1997. And China must fully cooperate by changing the present Draft of the Basic Law so that more meaningful accountability of the Executive Authorities to the
legislature and a meaningful democratic system of Government will be given to the future Hong Kong SAR. But, all this takes time and it is a luxury that we do not have, for the enigration tide is bound to continue if not worsen, particularly when the leaders of China seem to have recently adopted a change of direction in their programme of reform. Sir, imagine what you will think if you are
sitting in an airliner and your captain announces before take-off that the flight will be uneventful as both he and his company have every intention to bring the plane safely to its destination and that therefore there are no life jackets on board, for to carry them would not be taking the right attitude, since they want the plane to arrive safely and not to make an emergency landing at sea. If you think I am being funny, well this is exactly the line the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is taking on Hong Kong and British
For not only is the British Government not
nationality.
giving us democracy before 1997 to enable us to make the Agreement work, but it is also refusing to give passports to
There is thus no commitment on the
in case it doesn't.
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