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P. (UNDERLINED) FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALKS.
MR. WU (UNDERLINED) NO MATTER HOW THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL GO ON, WE INTEND TO ANNOUNCE IN SEPTEMBER 1984, OUR DECISION TO RESUME OUR EXERCISE OUR SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG IN THE YEAR 1997. WE ARE ONLY SAYING THAT, WE WILL CERTAINLY ANNOUNCE THIS DECISION
BY SEPTEMBER 1984.
P. (UNDERLINED) MY QUESTION WAS, DO YOU THINK THE BRITISH HAVE MIS-MANAGED THE NEGOTIATIONS SO FAR, BY BEING TOO INSISTENT, AND DO YOU THINK THERE HAS BEEN NO PROGRESS ?
MP. WU (UNDERLINED) WELL, THE THINGS THAT THE BRITISH SIDE HAS INSISTED ON, SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED IN THE PRESENT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. SO, SO FAR THERE IS NO PROGRESS.
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