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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 271100Z FCO
TELNO 2877
OF 271005Z SEPTEMBER 90
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
Ms.
MS
HKB 011 17
5
062301
MDHIAN 1545
TOP COPY Q DIST?
PERSONAL FOR PAUL FROM GOVERNOR
PEKING PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR
FOURTH IPT: ADDRESS TO LEGCO: 10 OCTOBER: HONG KONG AND CHINA
BEGINS:
95. THE AMBITIOUS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PROGRAMMES WHICH I HAVE DESCRIBED ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE TRANSITION TO CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY. IN OUR EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA, THERE ARE STILL, INEVITABLY, STRESSES AND STRAINS, WHICH CAN ONLY BE OVERCOME BY MUTUAL EFFORT AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. ONE THING IS CLEAR. A CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE FUTURE WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG, BOTH BEFORE 1997 AND AFTER. NEGLECTING THIS TRUTH OR NOT ATTEMPTING TO FOSTER SUCH A RELATIONSHIP WOULD DO NO SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
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96. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT THEREFORE TRIED OVER THE PAST YEAR TO DISPEL MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND TO IMPROVE OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH PEKING. MY OWN VISIT TO PEKING IN JANUARY WAS A PART OF THIS PROCESS. MR MAUDES'S VISIT IN JULY PROVIDED A FURTHER VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH SENIOR CHINESE LEADERS.
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97. WE HAVE TRIED TO CONVINCE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT THAT ACTIONS TAKEN OVER THE PAST YEAR ABOUT WHICH THEY HAVE EXPRESSED DOUBT FOR INSTANCE, THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE AND THE INTRODUCTION OF A DRAFT BILL OF RIGHTS HAVE BEEN PART OF A SINCERE EFFORT TO BOLSTER HONG KONG SO THAT IT WILL HAVE THE STRENGTH TO PROSPER AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AFTER 1997. SIMILARLY THAT MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL PLANS, SUCH AS THE BUILDING OF THE NEW AIRPORT AND THE EXPANSION OF THE PORT, ARE PART OF THE LONG-TERM EXPANSION WHICH MUST BE STARTED NOW IF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL
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