C. FOR L.
I HAVE NOT BEEN A CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER AND I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO
RECONCILE SUCH MATTERS. I THINK ALL GOVERNMENTS FROM TIME TO TIME SUFFER FROM ONE SPOKESMAN SAYING ONE THING AND ANOTHER, ANOTHER.
(B) MR WU.
DOES MY HONOURABLE FRIEND AGREE WITH WHAT THE UNDER SECRETARY OF
STATE HAS SAID ?
C. FOR Lo.
EMPHATICALLY NO, SIR,
MA MU.
THEN WHY DOES MY HONOURABLE FRIEND NOT CLEARLY REFUTE WHAT WAS SAID BY THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, IN DEFENCE OF HONG KONG'S INTEREST ?
G. FOR L.
THE QUESTION, I THINK, SIR, IS CONCERNED WITH THE POSITION OF HER
MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN THIS MATTER, NOT THIS GOVERNMENT,
(C) MR CHEONG-LEEN.
41R, WILL MY HONOURABLE FRIEND AGREE THAT, IF THE STATEMENT IN QUESTION SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS A CONSIDERED STATEMENT BY H.M
GOVERNMENT, SHOULD IT THEN BE TAKEN AS AN ILL-CONSIDERED STATEMENT
BY A MEMBER OF H.M GOVERNMENT ?
C. FOR L.
THAT IS CERTAINLY ONE CONSTRUCTION THAT COULD BE PUT UPON IT.
MR CHEONG-LEEN.
TO THERE ANY OTHER CONSTRUCTION ?
蠢
(LAUGHTER),
ENCO
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