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COMMENTS MADE TO THE PRESS IN DOWNING STREET BY DAME LYDIA DUNN FOLLOWING MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER
TUESDAY 23 JANUARY 1990
DL:
We had a very very long meeting and the Prime Minister was extremely interested in all we had to say. We have explained to the Prime Minister the mood of Hong Kong, that people would like to see a determined British administration, people would like to see the British administration responding to the aspirations and the wishes of Hong Kong people while Hong Kong is still under British administration.
Q: What does this mean in terms of democracy, how much democracy would you like to see in Hong Kong?
DL: We have put to the Prime Minister although she is fully aware of the OMELCO concensus which called for twenty directly elected seats out of 60 in 1991 and 30 out of 60 in 1995, 60 out of 90 in 1999 and 100% directly elected in 2003.
Q: What did Mrs Thatcher say about that proposal? think about it?
What did she
DL: She is seriously considering the proposals, she has not yet made up her mind. She was very very interested in our views and as you can see we had almost an hour and a half with her.
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in a couple of weeks. going to get that decision
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were
Did she indicate that you (cannot hear what the question was)
DL: No she didn't indicate a timespan but as always the Prime Minister was in full grasp of the details and the considerations until we had a very very good exchange of views.
Q: What did the Prime Minister say about the attitude of the Peking authorities to increasing democracy in Hong Kong?
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as to
DL: As I say,
the Prime Minister listened very carefully what she said you will have to ask her. It would be wrong for me
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Q: What do you think of the danger of Peking's reaction?
DL: We can only reflect the views of Hong Kong people. You will have seen in the last two days after the latest basic law ??????????????????? and the model was announced, the reaction was one of universal dismay in Hong Kong. People were very upset, not only at the slow pace of democratisation but the system of voting which does not meet the spirit of democracy and ????? in the other elements of Chinese ????? That reaction in Hong Hong I think is there for all to see.
Q: Dame Lydia, you must be concerned: you've got no promise on a
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