supplementary
Supplementary to Question No. 4
in Legco Meeting ón 2.12.87
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MR. DESMOND LEE: Sir, may I refer to the final paragraph of
the answer and ask the Secretary for Security when was the
negotiation with Thailand started and if any material progress
has been achieved to date?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, it was started early this year
and I understand that there has been some progress. I believe
that the difficulties that have been encountered in the
negotiations
proceeding.
have now been overcome and negotiations are
MRS. FAN: Sir, has Hong Kong any say in requesting the United
Kingdom to start negotiating a bilateral agreement with the
countries that Hong Kong wishes to have such a bilateral
agreement?
Among the countries with
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Yes, Sir.
which we will shortly have arrangements with the terms I have
spoken about in my original reply, France does have actually 41
Hong Kong people in French prisons. The other main country is
Thailand, with which, as I said, the British Government is now
in the process of negotiating an agreement. Once that has been
achieved, we will ask the United Kingdom if it is possible for
it to enter into negotiations with the other
other main countries
which have Hong Kong prisoners, namely, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
the Netherlands and the United Kingdom itself.