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MR. NGAI (in Cantonese) : Since it is the wish of the
general public to maintain the prosperity of Hong Kong
and since the period of the World Expo proposed will
straddle the 1 July deadline, should both the British
Government and Chinese Government be brought into
If so, will this contravene the Joint
partnership?
Declaration?
SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
Sir, the British Government,
SERVICE S AND
certainly,
INFORMATION
:
is aware of the
proposal as well as the initial reaction in Hong Kong. As
I stated earlier, if it were decided that the proposal was
feasible, then an approach would be made to the Chinese
Government to seek their views.
MR. HO SAI-CHU (in Cantonese)
Sir, if the
British
Government has already been contacted, what is their
initial response?
SE CRE TARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION
clearly recognised that
it
is
the
Sir, it is
responsibility of the Hong Kong Government to assess the
feasibility or otherwise of the proposal first.
Meanwhile, the British Government has
has not taken a view on
the proposal.