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1. In view of our paucity of information about Labour Party thinking on Hong Kong, it may be worth recording one snippet
from Sir William Harding, who recently attended a lunch
given by Lord Derwent at which both Mr Foulkes and
Ambassador Ma were present.
2.
Mr Foulkes apparently said that an incoming Labour
government would takeover 95% of the present government's
policies towards Hong Kong as they stood. The exception was
democracy, where they favoured a faster pace. Ma had apparently not commented on this.
3.
Sir William added that someone else around the table had
mentioned independence as a theoretical option for Hong
Kong. Ma (who was clearly on emollient form) had
acknowledged that this was a theoretical option but not one
which China favoured.
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