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DRAFT OUTLINE SPEECH TO THE SOCIETY OF CONSERVATIVE LAWYERS
Hong Kong
1. Hong Kong poses a unique constitutional problem. Unlike other
territories which have ceased to be Crown colonies
Hong Kong will
not proceed to independence. Instead on 1 July 1997 it will be
restored to the PRC who will establish Hong Kong as a Special
Administrative Region.
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2. Its future is governed by the Joint Declaration, a unique
international agreement between the UK and China, registered at the
UN. Under that Agreement:
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3. These are all the basic policies of the PRC towards Hong Kong
under the inventive policy espoused by Deng Xiaoping in 1980(?) of
"one country, two systems". Elaborated in Annex 1 to JD. Now been
enacted in a Law of the PRC, the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Basic Law was promulgated on
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There are those who say, what guarantee is there for Hong Kong's
future in pieces of paper?
Answer:
Chinese government has good record of adherence to
international agreements and observance of international
obligations, why enter into such a major new one if they had no intention of observing it
China has on many occasions recently reaffirmed its commitment
to the "one country, two systems" policy.
China has a massive economic and political stake in Hong Kong.
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