DEC 31-'85 18:01 GIS HK
P.30
Date:
Time:
30.12.85
9.35
10.45 a.m.
Reporter:
RG/30
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Q.
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If the Green Paper were changed
before being given to the Hong Kong people, would the Hong Kong people
be made aware of this change?
A.
If the Green Paper were changed.
The Green Paper precedes the White Paper.
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Well I mean, if the Green Paper,
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before being given to Hong Kong people, were altered because of some
comment made by China, would the Hong Kong people be informed of this
change?
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Again, as I've said, the writing
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of the Green Paper is an evolutionary process.
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Does that mean the Green Paper is
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going to be written-up according to what China wants?
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In consultation?
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No, hopefully it is going to be a
paper which will be acceptable to the people of Hong Kong, as a
sensible way of going forward.
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And also acceptable to China?
Also acceptable to China and
acceptable to the British Government.
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I'm still wondering how you can
guarantee that the Basic Law and the political development should converge in the event. Well, the situation is clear.
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You have no
or the Hong Kong Government have no say over the drafting of the Basic Law, well that's very obvious. And then the only remaining possibility for the guarantee of convergence is that you wait and see how the Basic Law will come out, and let the political development follow the footsteps quite closely. Is that the case? .
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