British Government: Terminate the Sino–British Joint Declaration and Reclaim the Sovereignty of Hong Kong

促請英國政府廢除中英聯合聲明 及 取回香港主權

To you from all around the world,

致來自世界各地的朋友，

Hong Kong is a so-called “International City” but her destiny was damned since the handover in 1997 – from the United Kingdom (“the UK”), a well-established liberal country to People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), a dictatorial country.

Hong Kong is not the same ever since.

香港，是個人所共知的國際城市，她的前途早於一九九七年由文明民主的英國交付到獨裁專制的中共政權手中日漸變得暗淡無光。

As the world can see on the news, Hong Kong is facing the gravest threat since the Second World War; Hongkongers are fighting the worst enemy in their life; young people are sacrificing their future to protect their last bit of freedom.

由不同的新聞片段中可見香港正在面臨二次大戰以來最嚴峻的危機、香港人正在對抗著他們有生以來最強大的敵人、青輕人正在犧牲他們的前途去捍衛香港僅餘的自由。

The British government must intervene the current situation of Hong Kong. Much to our disappointment, even though the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed on 19th December, 1984, the British government had never been proactive enough to guard Hong Kong against PRC’s intervention. When the Communist government tightens its grip on Hong Kong, refuses British MPs from entering Hong Kong to investigate the implementation of the Joint Declaration, the British government failed to implement any effective counter-measures. Indeed, expressing disappointment is their only response, similar to the usual practice of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC.

It barely shamed the Communist government (which is already shameless) and poses no threat to them.

我們認為英國政府必須為香港的現況負上責任。遺憾的是，自中英聯合聲明於1984年簽訂以來英國政府從未認積極確保香港的制度、自由，以免被受中共破壞。即使中共加緊操控香港，拒絕英國國會議員入境香港調查一國兩制實施狀況，英國政府也沒有制定任何反制措施，只會像中國外交部一般發聲明表示不滿，對於中共來說可謂隔靴搔癢、毫無作用。

The Treaty of Nanking (29th August, 1842) clearly stated the cession of Hong Kong: Qing government ceded Hong Kong Island to the British Queen (in perpetuity); Kowloon Peninsula (south of present-day Boundary Street) was also ceded to the UK according to Convention of Peking (24th October, 1860).

Sino-British Joint Declaration did not abrogate the above treaties.

於1842年簽訂的《南京條約》清晰列明，清政府將香港島永久割讓予英國；1860 年簽訂的《北京條約》亦明訂將九龍半島（今界限街以南地區）割讓，而《中英聯合聲明》並無將上述條約廢除。

Based upon the current situation of Hong Kong, please join our petition to urge the UK to take the responsibility they did not fulfil in the past 22 years, to:

鑒於香港現今情況嚴峻，懇請各位支持我們的聯署，促請英國政府負起二十多年來她們並無履行的責任：

1. Declare the termination of Sino-British Joint Declaration;

宣布《中英聯合聲明》無效；

2. Reclaim the sovereignty of Hong Kong;

回收香港主權；

3. Revoke UK Citizenship of those who i) support the “Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019” (a.k.a. Hong Kong - China Extradition Law) and; ii) are involved in the suppression of demonstrations against the above bill, especially individuals who maliciously harm unarmed protesters, reporters and any other citizens in the vicinity of the demonstrations;

褫奪 i) 所有支持修訂「2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例（修訂）條例草 案」（又名「逃犯引渡條例」）的主要官員 及 ii) 所有有份參與、計劃鎮壓示威的人員（尤其向示威群眾、記者及其他在場市民施暴的執法人員）之英國國藉；

4. Pressuring the Hong Kong SAR government to stop law enforcement bodies from searching and arresting citizens on the charge of rioting and to immediately release individuals who were arrested on this charge, as well as to withdraw the charge；

向香港特別行政區政府施壓，要求執法機關停止以「暴動罪」罪名搜捕市民 並 立即釋放以該罪名所拘捕的人士、撤消其控罪；

5. Seize all assets within the UK of individuals listed in ( 3 );

充公第（3）項所提及的人士於英國的所有資產；

6. Grant Nationality of British National (Overseas) to all individuals who were born in Hong Kong before 1st July 1997;

向所有在1997年7月1日於香港出生的港人列為英國海外國民國藉；

The longer we live under the dictatorship of Chinese government, the closer we are to another Tiananmen Square Massacre in Hong Kong.

Please sign our petition.

請支持我們的聯署，避免任何類似天安門大屠殺的事件在香港發生。