believe the prospects for the eventuality you refer to will dwindle.
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76.
Mr Rowlands
The abiding impression left with me in Hong Kong was that, as
much as anything we can do by way of Basic Law or Bills of Rights, it is
the behaviour and attitude of the Chinese Government to its own people that
will or will not underpin or destroy the confidence Hong Kong will have in
1997 and afterwards. Are you going to be able to get that message across
loud and clear to the Chinese authorities?
(Mr Maude) I think it is a fact which is certainly understood by them
and certainly a point which I shall make to them.
77.
You accept that one of the most fundamental confidence-
building measures there can be is that there is no repetition of Tiananmen
Square.
(Mr Maude) It is certainly a very important factor, there is no
question about it. You only need to look at the effect of Tiananmen Square
a matter of historical
not by any means terminal.
Hong Kong is
on confidence in Hong Kong last summer to know as
fact that it was catastrophic
very vibrant, very adaptable, very quick to bounce back and it has done so.
But you only need to look at that effect to know one of the things that
obviously China can do which will be good for confidence is not to have
anything like that happen again.
78.
Chairman
Minister, a final question: if, as we all hope, Hong Kong
prospers it will be the pivot of one of the most dynamic areas on earth.
Indeed, the fact that the Japanese are piling in their investment would
indicate that they see their objective as Hong Kong as their route into
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