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STATEMENT ON HONG KONG

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statement about our proposals confidence in

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The confidence of the people of Hong Kong has been

seriously shaken this year by events in China.

My rt

hon and learned Friend the Lord President told the

House on 6 June about the traumatic effect in Hong Kong

of the tragedy in Peking on 4 June, and reported to the

House on 5 July after he had paid a visit to the

territory. Many honourable and rt honourable members

have themselves visited Hong Kong since June. The

House Select Committee on Foreign Affairs gave a lucid

account of the problem in Hong Kong in their report of

28 June.

The Government must do al' it can to build a secure

future for Hong Kong on the basis of the Sino-British

Joint Declaration of 1984. We have a continuing

responsibility which we cannot shrug off and which will

involve us in many difficult decisions between now and

1997.

The problem of confidence is shown by increasing

emigration from the territory, and increasing numbers