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ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG,

1990

I.

INTRODUCTION

1.

Her Majesty's Government agreed in 1985, during the

Parliamentary debates on the Hong Kong Bill, to produce annual reports on Hong Kong and to lay them before

Parliament. The purpose of this series of reports is to keep Parliament informed of developments in Hong Kong on a regular basis. This is the sixth such report, and it contains a survey of the main events in Hong Kong during

1990.

II.

VISITS TO HONG KONG BY MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND

GOVERNMENT MINISTERS

2.

The frequency of high level British visits to Hong Kong

is a measure of the importance the Government attach to the

affairs of the Territory. His Royal Highness the Duke of

Edinburgh, and Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra

with the Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy each visited Hong Kong in

November 1990. There have been visits by the following

Ministers: by Mr Michael Howard, Secretary of State for

Employment, in September 1990; by Mr Francis Maude, Minister

of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in April and

July 1990 and by his successor, Lord Caithness in September

1990. There were also visits by Mr Tim Sainsbury, Minister

for Trade and Mr David Mellor, Minister for the Arts, in

September 1990; and by Mr John Maples, Economic Secretary to

the Treasury in November 1990.

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