Hong Kong hopes
Pronouncements by Peking and Hong Kong officials have raised hopes for the Crown colony’s future after 1997, when the 99-year lease on the New Territories expires: In Peking, Liao Chengzhi, China’s director of overseas affairs, has given renewed assurances to visiting Chinese business leaders from Hong Kong about the colony’s future “so long as Hong Kong remains useful to China.” Jimmy McGregor, the director of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, has predicted that Hong Kong’s status would continue into the next century "because China will reach an accommodation with Britain by 1985.” — Peking.
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Press, 16 November 1981, Page 29
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