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I HAVE NOW MADE
TIME TO GUANGZHOU,
TO OPEN A SHORT VISIT WHENEVER” I
GREAT DETAIL ABOUT
EASY TO !
YOUR SECOND QUESTION, GOING ON TO CHINA.
I AM GOING THIS TRIP TO CHINA IN SEPTEMBER. SHANGHAI AND PEKING. THE ORIGINAL REASON FOR THE TRIP WAS T.D.C. OFFICE IN SHANGHAI AND ON TO THAT I HAVE ADDED A TO PEKING AND ALSO TO START WITH A SHORT VISIT TO CANTON. GO ON A TRIP OF THIS SORT, I BRIEF EXCO IN EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. IT WOULD NOT, FRANKLY, BE
1 MEET THE BRIEF THE WHOLE OF LEGCO ON EVERYTHING THAT I AM DOING. PRESS WHEN I RETURN AND ANSWER QUESTIONS BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO GO THROUGH A DETAILED DE-BRIEFING SESSION I SHOULD · BRIEF WITH THE WHOLE OF LEGCO. THE IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT IN GREAT DETAIL ALL THE MEMBERS OF EXCO.
SIR, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, WE CAN MAINTAIN THIS TRUE THAT MR FORD'S WITHIN HONG KONG'S CIVIL
CLAUDIA MO, OF AGENCE FRANCE PRESS: THE FIRST ONE IS HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU THINK DOLLAR LINK? AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS, IS IT TIGER TALK IS AIMED AT MAINTAINING MORALE SERVICE?
LINKED OR UNLINKED H.E.: IT SEEMS TO BE A SPECIALISATION IN DOUBLE QUESTIONS! LET ME AGAIN TAKE THOSE TWO IN ORDER. WE DO INTEND TO MAINTAIN THAT LINK. NOBODY CAN PREDICT EXACTLY WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN 10 YEARS' TIME WILL BE. THE IMPORTANT POINT WE HAVE NO INTENTION AT THE MOMENT OF SHIFTING THAT LINK.
MUCH
ECONOMIC IS THAT
BELIEVE OF WHAT
WE
YOUR SECOND POINT, WHAT THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID, I DO THAT HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE FELT THAT IT WAS DOING HAD BEEN UNDER ATTACK AND IT WAS THEREFORE RIGHT FOR
RIGHT TO ANSWER CRITICISMS BUT THERE IS MORE TO IT THAN THAT, I SUGGEST.
AND IT IS QUITE ARE A SOCIETY IN WHICH PEOPLE DEBATE ISSUES THAT THEY SHOULD DO SO. IT IS ALSO RIGHT THAT IF THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER CRITICISM THEN THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ANSWER BACK AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT HE WAS DOING. THERE IS OF COURSE NO INTENTION PARTICULARLY CRITICISM. CRITICISM,
FOR USTFUL WHATSOEVER TO TRY TO SUPPRESS
IT IS, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, IS SOMETHING WHICH IS VERY
ACCOUNT.
SHOULD GOVERNMENT AND A GOVERNMENT SHOULD ALWAYS TAKE INTO
THE GOVERNMENT HOWEVER, RIGHT I BELIEVE, THAT IF CRITICISED, BE PREPARED TO ANSWER THESE CRITICISMS.
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HAVE
DANNY LO, OF THE HONGKONG STANDARD: SIR, I UNDERSTAND YOU WILL WOULD YOU BE ATTENDING ONE TOBACCO SPONSORED EVENT IN CHRISTMAS. HOW RECONCILE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE INVITATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S STANDING POLICY OF AGAINST SMOKING? AND, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE POSED THREE QUESTIONS FOR YOU ON OUR NOVEMBER 19 ISSUE OF THE FIRST I HAVE
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THE PAPER.
YOU ABOUT THE TOBACCO APPROVE OF TOBACCO YOU ATTEND. FUTURE QUESTION IS, WHAT PROPERLY IN
ALL OF THEM ARE SHORT QUESTIONS, FIRST OF ALL, WOULD
THE INVITATION HAD YOU KNOWN ACCEPTED SPONSORSHIP? THE SECOND QUESTION BEING, DO YOU SPONSORSHIP OF CULTURAL EVENTS AND, IF NOT, WOULD TOBACCO SPONSORED EVENTS? AND THE THIRD AND ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE SURE INVITATIONS ARE FUTURE?
LAST CHECKED OUT
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