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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 269
OF 191036Z FEBRUARY 93
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO INFO ROUTINE HKGO GENEVA, UKMIS GENEVA
PART TWO OF TWO PARTS: HONG KONG FUTURE: PRESS COVERAGE: (12.2
19.2).
GOVERNOR
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REPORTS NOTED (12.2) THE GOVERNOR WOULD NOT ACCEPT AN AWARD BY THE DEMOCRACY EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS OF CALIFORNIA WHICH NAMED HIM AS ONE OF THE THREE DISTINGUISHED PERSONS IN 1992 FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN CHINA. IT WAS NOTED THE OTHER TWO RECIPIENTS OF THE AWARD WERE MR LU QING WHO WAS ACTIVE IN THE DEMOCRACY WALL MOVEMENT IN PEKING IN 1978 AND MISS NANCY PELOSI, A MEMBER OF THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. LIBERAL LEADERS IN HONG KONG INCLUDING MR MARTIN LEE AND MR SZETO WAH WERE GIVEN THE AWARD AFTER THEY LED A STRONG PROTEST AGAINST THE TIANANMEN SQUARE INCIDENT IN 1989. THE GOVERNOR'S SPOKESMAN, MIKE HANSON, SAID THE GOVERNOR'S RESPONSIBILITY BEGAN AND ENDED IN HONG KONG. THE GOVERNOR BELIEVED IN 'ONE COUNTRY. TWO SYSTEMS'. HIS PACKAGE RELATED TO THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN HONG KONG ONLY AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN CHINA WAS A MATTER FOR CHINA AND THE CHINESE
PEOPLE AND NOT THE HKG.
FCO ANNUAL REPORT 1993
16. SING TAO DAILY NOTED (12.2) THE FOREIGN SECRETARY IN THE FCO ANNUAL REPORT 1993 INDICATED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN DEALING WITH THE HONG KONG ISSUE AND SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS HAD A VERY TIGHT TIME SCHEDULE. HOWEVER, THE FCO'S AIM REMAINED TO MAINTAIN AN EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT AND ACHIEVE A SMOOTH TRANSITION IN HONG KONG IN 1997. TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, EFFECTIVELY AND COMPREHENSIVELY IMPLEMENT THE JD. AT THE SAME TIME, UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF NOT CONTRAVENING THE JD, TO DEVELOP IN HONG KONG A MORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT BUT CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AN EXECUTIVE LED AND EFFECTIVE STRUCTURE. THE REPORT
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