1989年12月13日，《南華早報》報道，前市政局議員蘇偉澤(Walter Sulke)表示，香港應廢除聯合聲明，直接宣佈為獨立城邦，並邀請美國第七艦隊長駐香港協助防務：//"The only real solution to this whole mess is to junk that infamous fudge known as the Joint Declaration of 1984 and become an independent Hongkong, a city state on the lines of Singapore..." On defence, which will be handled by China after 1997, he suggested instead that the Americans step in. Having the Seventh Fleet stationed in Hongkong permanently, troops at the border and the Gurkhas "would give us a very fair guarantee of non-interference from across the border or even Taiwan..."//