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IX PEKING SIR, DID PASS ON THE BRITISH
CHRIS POMERY THE TIMES:: WHEN YOU WERE YOU DISCUSS TRADE WITH THE CHINESE AND DID YOU GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIAL VIEW OF THE BASIC LAW DENIT AS ** TANDA AT MOMENT, AS WELL AS PASSING ON THE RECOED OF THE HOUSE CF LORDS ON HONG KONG'S VIEWS?
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VERY GENERALLY LORD GLENASTHUR: WELL. I DID TALK ABOUT TRADE
ZBINA TS CONCERNED. SO FAR AS TRADE BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM
PLACES YES, BUT NOT IN ANY GREAT DETAIL VISITED VARIOUS
TRADE WAS NOT A CO-PRODUCTION FACILITY WITH BRITAIN. BUT PURPOSE OF MY VISIT.
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CHRIS POMERY: DO YOU HAVE CHINA AND BE THERE SIGNS THAT IT WILL IMPROVE7
LORD GLENARTHUR: TRADING RELATIONSHIP"
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CHRIS POMERY: AND ARE THERE SIGNS THAT IT WILL IMPROVE?
HAS BEEN INDUSTRY
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LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, I HOPE IT WILL IMPROVE, CHINA VISITED BY LORD YOUNG, THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, IF NOT MORE, AND I HOPE THAT IMPROVED, YES. I THINK THERE IS SCOPE THERE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM DEVELOP ITS TRACE RELATIONS WITH CHINA. AND I THINK ADVANTAGE OF HONG KONG AS WELL, BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT GENERATES A FEELING OF GREAT CONFIDENCE, SO FAR AND I TELL YOU I VISITED CHINA FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT ENCOURAGING EXPERIENCE. SO FAR AS THE BASIC LAK IS CONCERNED, I
50 THINK I HAVE REALLY GOT ANYTHING TO ADD TO WHAT I SAID IN STATEMENT. THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE CLEARLY POINTS THAT WERE RAISED IN THAT DEBATE. THEY ARE CONCERNS ON CERTAIN ASPECTS WHICH HAVE BEEN RAISED BY PEOPLE KONG AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THEY WILL GIVE THAT THEY ARE DUE.
TIME: 21:27:36
THE THINK IT AS I AM CONCERNED,
KAS A VERY DON'T MY OPENING TAXEN MN DOARD THS
AWARS WELL
OF THE IN HONO THEM ALL THE CONSIDERATION
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