DEC 31 '85 17:55 GIS HK
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But Sir David, you keep on saying
In the past few that there will be no confrontation or conflict. months, the people of Hong Kong have seen, or they think it is conflict
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or confrontation, with the Hong Kong Government saying one thing,
with the N.C.N.A. saying another thing, and everybody is not sure where we are going. In their minds it is conflict, it is confrontation, there is no use sitting there and saying it is not when the people
think it is.
Hear, Hear.
Who is that that said hear, hear?
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Sir David, I'll put it this way now. as you know. Suppose he is open-
April's meeting in Beijing.
Even maybe
Mr Lu Ping is a very brilliant man, minded enough to come to Hong Kong to listen, and then to sort of, to
ground make somepapers for next outline of the Basic Law. now, don't have any ideas
there be developed. Do
Kong?
But the Hong Kong Government still. even of what kind of political development would you think it is the responsibility of Hong
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I am not quite sure that I am with
you, what your question is, because I think I've already answered it really. We seem to be going round and round in circles.
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You haven't answered my question yet.
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I mean do you see at all by this conflict or confrontation?
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No, I don't see it as being conflict
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and confrontation. I think Mr Ji's visit to Hong Kong signifies a very important step in the development of the process of exchanging views on the development of our political structure.
I think we've
gone a very long way in a very short time, from a position of no dialogue and no exchange of views to one where there is an exchange of views. And I think too, that the more people from Peking that
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