Q: Peking was very clear following the visit by Francis Maude, the Foreign Office minister, that the British passports would be about as valuable as pieces of paper. This kind of "guarantee" will make people leave Hong Kong as soon as they have their hands on a passport.
問：可是事實擺在眼前，麥浩德（FrancisMaude）訪問北平之後，中共說得很清楚，他們不承認英國有發護照的權利，九七之後，這些護照將「不值一張白紙」。