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HONG KONG: FUTURE CONST ITUT IONAL DEVELOPMENT
I have been giving further thought to the question
of Hong Kong's future constitutional development and to
the way we handle our relationship with the Chinese over
this and other issues. The Governor of Hong Kong's
forthcoming visit to Peking (10-12 January) is probably
the last major opportunity we shall have to press the
Chinese for improvements in the Basic Law affecting Hong
Kong's future political structure. In the light of the
outcome of this visit and after my own visit to Hong Kong
(13-16 January), we shall need to take a decision about
the number of directly elected seats to be introduced in
1991.
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In taking decisions about Hong Kong, we must seek to
steer a middle course. It would be absurd, and very
damaging to our own and Hong Kong's interests, to engage
the Chinese in a confrontation if that can be avoided;
and it would be equally damaging, both domestically and
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