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William Ehrman sent me a copy of your letter of
23 November to Nigel Cox.
You should know that at the Governor's meeting with Members of LegCo yesterday (1 December) he was asked by Emily Lau to clarify a remark he had made in Japan about Britain's moral responsibility for Hong Kong after 1997, which had been criticised by a Vice Director of NCNA, who had claimed that HMG should not have any responsibility for Hong Kong people after that date.
The Governor replied as follows:-
"Well, I was surprised by the remarks of the Vice Director of the NCNA since they seemed to overlook the fact that the Joint Declaration was signed by the United Kingdom as well as China, and was an explicit affirmation of our continuing concern for 50 years for the system in Hong Kong which is part of one country two systems. As I've said on other occasions, not one country one-and-a-half systems, or one country one-and-a-quarter systems but one relationship betwee.. nur way of life in Hong freedoms that we cherish, whether freedom of speech or freedom of assembly or other sorts of freedom, those things are set out in the greatest detail in the Joint Declaration. were part of an agreement between Britain and China and an agreement which is binding for 50 years. So, I really can't understand how anybody can say that our interest in, or commitment to Hong Kong ends on the 30th of June 1997, when the 28th British Governor takes his leave."
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