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MY SECOND IPT: ANSWERS TO LIKELY-SUPPLEMEN
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Q.1. WHAT DID THE CHINESE SAY TO YOU ABOUT 1987 REVIEW/DIRECT
ELECTIONS/ASSESSING PUBLIC OPINION IN HONG KONG?
A.1 OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS, THE CHINESE TOLD ME THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD
THAT HMG MUST TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG
IN THE 1987 REVIEW. CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS. OR, OPEN SQUARE BRACKET,
THE CHINESE ACCEPTED THAT HMG AND THE HKG HAD A COMMITMENT TO
CONSULT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN THE 1987 REVIEW. CLOSE SQUARE
BRACKETS.
Q.2 WHAT DID YOU SAY TO THE CHINESE ABOUT 1987 REVIEW/DIRECT
ELECTIONS/ASSESSING HONG KONG PUBLIC OPINION?
A.2 AS I HAVE SAID, I EXPLAINED OUR THINKING ABOUT 1987 REVIEW.
I STRESSED THAT WE HAD NO PRECONCEIVED IDEA AND THAT IT WOULD BE
A GENUINE EFFORT TO SEEK AND ASSESS THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF
HONG KONG.
Q.3 DID YOU AND THE FOREIGN MINISTER WU DISCUSS THE POSSIBLITY OF
A JOINT ASSESSMENT OF THE PUBLIC OPINION ON CONSTITUTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT?
A.3 WE DID NOT DISCUSS THIS.
Q.4 DID YOU DISCUSS DAYA BAY WITH CHINESE LEADERS?
A.4 YES. I SAID THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG CONTINUED TO SE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECTS ON THE DAYA BAY. CHINESE LEADERS ASSURED
ME THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT FULLY UNDERSTOOD THEIR CONCERNS:
THEY WOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE PLANT'S SAFETY.
Q.5 DO YOU AGREE THE GOVERNOR'S POSITION HAS BEEN COMPROMISED EY
HIS DUAL ROLE AS GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT OF LEGCO?
A.5 NO REASON TO THINK THE GOVERNOR'S POSITION HAS BEEN
COMPROMISED IN ANY WAY. OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS, UNABLE TO COMMENT ON
DEBATE HELD IN LECCO WHILE I WAS IN CHINA, CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS.
Q.6 DID YOU OR YOUR OTHER STAFF HOLD ANY MEETINGS WITH THE CHIMESE
TO DISCUSS HONG KONG MATTERS?
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