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QUESTIONi I WANT TO RAISE MY QUESTION IN ENGLISH, SORRY IN CHINESE. SIR GEOFFREY. CAN YOU SAY MORE DEFINITELY HOW IS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT GOING TO ASSESS THE PUBLIC OPINION IN HONG KONG, AND IF THERE ARE DIVERGENT VIEWPOINTS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIND THE MUTUAL POINT? SECONDLY, IN MAKING DECISIONS, WILL HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT BE INFLUENCED BY THE VIEWPOINT EXPRESSED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT?
SIR GEOFFREY: 1 THINK THAT WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT WHEN IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ADD ANYTHING FRESH TO WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ALREADY. THE EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL BE MADE AND REFLECTED, AS I HAVE DESCRIBED, THROUGH THE PRESS, THROUGH THE MEMBERS OF EXCO, THROUGH MEMBERS OF LEGGO, THEY WILL BE ASSESSED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AT THE END ... IN THE TWO STAGES I'VE DESCRIBED THE GREEN PAPER AND THEN THE WHITE PAPER. IN THAT AS IN OTHER RESPECTS, HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL BE ALIVE TO THE CONCERNS AND VIEWS OF THE OTHER WOULD BE QUITE FOOLISH IF WE WERE NOT -- BUT ALSO TO THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
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QUESTION: SIR GEOFFREY, ACCORDING TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HONG KONG, DO YOU THINK HONG KONG IS SUITABLE TO HAVE DIRECT ELECTION?
SIR GEOFFREY: I DIDN'T GET THE QUESTION I'M AFRAID.
QUESTION: YES, I WILL REPEAT ITACCORDING TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HONG KONG, DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS SUITABLE FOR HONG KONG TO HAVE DIRECT ELECTION?
SIR GEOFFREY: WELL, THAT IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH IS UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE REVIEW. AND I'M NOT GOING AT THIS STAGE TO INJECT MY OPINION INTO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHICH SUCH WIDELY DIFFERING VIEWS ARE HELD IN HONG KONG.
QUESTION: I LIKE TO ASK IN CHINESE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID JUST NOW, AND THAT IS THERE ARE DIVERGENT VIEWS ON DIRECT ELECTIONS IN HONG KONG AND YOU HEAR ALL THE SE VIEWS. WOULD YOU THEN TAKE THE MAJORITY VIEW OR WOULD YOU ONLY ADOPT THE IMPORTANT VIEWS?
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