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ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG,

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INTRODUCTION

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 and in the first three months of 1991.

II.

VISITS TO HONG KONG BY MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND

GOVERNMENT MINISTERS

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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; Mr Peter Lilley, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in January 1991; Mr Francis Maude, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in April and July 1990 and by his successor,

Caithness in September 1990 and January 1991. There were also visits by Mr Tim Sainsbury, Minister for Trade and Mr David Mellor, Minister for the Arts, in September 1990;

Mr John Maples, Economic Secretary to the Treasury in November 1990; Lord Brabazon, Minister of State at the

Department of Transport in March 1991 and

Lord

Viscount Ullswater, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Employment in January 1991.

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