Six Monthly Report to Parliament on Hong Kong
皇冠体育app British Government published its latest Six-Monthly Report to Parliament on Hong Kong covering developments from July to December 2012.
皇冠体育app report covers a broad range of political, economic and constitutional developments and an overview of UK/Hong Kong bilateral activity over the reporting period.
皇冠体育app Foreign Secretary William Hague writes in his foreword to the report:
皇冠体育app UK Government takes seriously its commitment to Hong Kong under the Sino-British Joint Declaration鈥�..I congratulate the new SAR government on their appointment鈥 look forward to learning more about the Administration鈥檚 plans for constitutional reforms to pave the way for direct elections.
He also writes:
I am pleased that we continue to have regular exchanges across the range of our common interests, including the important co-operation between London and Hong Kong on internationalisation of the RMB; the sporting ties we deepened through the participation of Hong Kong teams in the London 2012 Games; and our interest in supporting Hong Kong鈥檚 visionary infrastructure and development projects.
皇冠体育app report concludes that, in general, 鈥淥ne Country, Two Systems鈥� continues to work well in practice and that the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Joint Declaration continue to be upheld.