PR 33
香港政府
PA
GIS
新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
Friday, April 6, 1979
- Opening statement by H.E. The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose.
at a press conference on his visit to China
Firstly it was a goodwill visit; there used to be, as it were,
a screen between the Hong Kong official establishment and Chinese
officials in Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Peking. As relations improved
the screen has gradually dissolved. It has now gone and this our visit
demonstrated. We already have close liaison with Chinese officials in
Hong Kong, but our second objective was, in addition, to establish
direct contact with leaders in Guangdong and Peking. Thirdly and
importantly we wished through these contacts to gain an impression of
the part the Chinese leaders saw Hong Kong playing in the modernisation
programmes, and the way these programmes could affect Hong Kong.
It was not a negotiating visit or a visit to draft agreements.
So there could be no question of our coming back with a portfolic of
agreements in our pockets.
/The principal
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191