CONFIDENTIAL
ZCZC
CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE TOKYO
TELNO
OF 024452Z OCT 92
AND TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, OTTAWA
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
MIPT: MESSAGE ON HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1.
Following is text of message from me:
Begins: When we met in New York on 22 September, we discussed
briefly developments on Hong Kong. I mentioned that the Governor
would be making a major policy speech on 7 October in which he
would set out his constitutional proposals. I thought that you
might like to have in confidence an advance account of the
Governor's proposals and the background to them.
2.
Hong Kong has changed rapidly in recent years, on the
political as well as economic fronts. On my visits there, I now
find much more political awareness. Hong Kong's system has
already evolved a long way in the direction of democracy. But it
has been clear from the consultations which the Governor has
held since his arrival in Hong Kong in July that further changes
are now needed.
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