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cover the situation in China as a whole and made it

certain that the resolution would fail.

11.

We hope very much that the United Kingdom

delegation will assist

together with other

European Community delegations in sponsoring and

supporting specific resolutions relating to the

human rights situation in China at the forthcoming

meeting of the Sub-commission to the Commission on

Human Rights and at the Commission's

year.

session next

B: Human Rights in Hong Kong

12.

We regard the situation of human rights in

China as inextricably linked to the future of Hong

Kong both before and after 1997.

Much of the

concern in Hong Kong about the resumption of the

exercise of sovereignty by China appears to derive

from fears over the loss of the existing protection

for rights in Hong Kong. In this context we would

raise the following specific points.

The Future of R.T.H.K.

13.

One of the guarantees of rights in Hong

Kong is an independent press and media free from

Government interference. In this regard, we would

urge that the present restructuring of R.T.H.K. be

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