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MR HAYDEN'S VISIT TO HONG KONG : PRESS CONFERENCE
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MR HAYDEN'S VISIT TO HONG KONG : PRESS CONFERENCE
FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF MR HAYDEN'S PRESS CONFERENCE WITH AUSTRALIAN JOURNALISTS AND OTHER MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES IN HONG KONG AT 1430 4 JULY 1983.
MR HAYDEN: TODAY I SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE INCLUDING THE ACTING GOVERNOR ABOUT HONG KONG 1997, WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING AND WHERE HONG KONG MIGHT GO. BEFORE I GO ON WITH THAT I THINK I OUGHT TO PUT A JUSTIFICATION IN PLACE ABOUT OUR INTEREST IN THIS MATTER.
THOSE JOURNALISTS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAVELLING WITH ME ARE AWARE THAT I HAVE BEEN EMPHASISING THAT WE ARE PART OF THIS REGION AND THAT WE THEREFORE HAVE AN INTEREST IN WHAT UNFOLDS IN THE REGION. WHERE EVENTS THAT DEVELOP OR MAY DEVELOP IN THE REGION COULD HAVE PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES FOR AUSTRALIA, WE WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE NOT TO TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THOSE MATTERS AND, WHERE IT IS APPROPRIATE, WE WOULD BE VERY MUCH IRRESPONSIBLE IN NOT SEEKING TO MAKE APPROPRIATE CONTRIBUTIONS. WHAT AUSTRALIA HAS TO REALISE,
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