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  1. Douglas Hurd speech in Hong Kong (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Michael O’Neill reports on Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd’s keynote speech during his visit to Hong Kong (excerpts heard) where he states Britain will stand by Hong Kong until the handover to the Chinese...

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  2. Chinese orphanages documentary row (1996)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Items about a Channel Four television documentary, Return to the Dying Rooms, about alleged abuses in Chinese orphanages which threatens to overshadow UK Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind’s visit to...

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  3. Martin Lee accuses Hong Kong Governor of betrayal (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    The last British Governor of Hong Kong today faced an embarrassing and unprecedented vote of no confidence. Former Conservative Party Chairman, Chris Patten stands accused of betraying Hong Kong. He signed...

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  4. Royal Yacht Britannia arrives for VJ day celebrations (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Alison Hodgkins reports on the arrival of the Royal Yacht Britannia to the Pool of London for the 50th anniversary VJ day celebrations. Likely to be one of the last of its engagement as it will be...

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  5. Bill to allow Hong Kong Chinese to migrate to UK (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Kevin Murphy interviews Conservative rebel MP George Gardiner over the Parliamentary bill to allow 225,000 Hong Kong Chinese the right to settle in the UK after the Chinese handover in 1997. He believes it...

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  6. Patten leaves for Hong Kong Governorship (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on the farewell news conference by Chris Patten as he leaves for Hong Kong where he is to be the new Governor until the handover to China in 1997, with excerpts from Patten. He says he will consider...

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  7. Major on Hong Kong handover (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Prime Minister John Major visits Hong Kong, and gives a speech claiming his criticised visit to Peking was vital in the run-up to the handover of the colony to China in 1997. He reassures the people of Hong...

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  8. Hong Kong campaigns for right to live in UK (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    John Greenwood interviews Dame Lydia Dunn, senior member of Hong Kong’s ruling executive council, on a campaign to restore the right of residency to Hong Kong British subjects. Politicians in Hong Kong...

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  9. Reaction in Hong Kong to UK settlement announcement (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; News bulletin

    Michael O’Neill reports from Hong Kong on local reaction to UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd’s scheme whereby 50,000 people in Hong Kong will be granted the right to settle in Britain (before 1997?)....

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  10. Douglas Hurd on China and Hong Kong (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Michael O’Neill interviews Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, during his visit to the British colony, on the future of Hong Kong up until the handover to the Chinese in 1997 and how the British Government...

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