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WHICH HONG WITH OTHER
SALLY BLYTH (RTHK): YOU SAID THAT THE HARDER STAND KONG HAS ADOPTED IN ITS REFUGEE POLICY YOU HAVE DISCUSSED RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN WIDELY ACCEPTED, DURING THESE TALKS HAVE YOU RECEIVED
ANY INDICATION FROM THOSE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES THAT THEY TOO ARE CONSIDERING STEPPING THEIR RESETTLEMENT RATE OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG'S CAMPS?
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LORD GLENARTHUR: NO, WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS YET.
THAT THERE HAS BEEN REPRESENTED TO ME HERE THAT, AS I SAID EARLIER,
OTHERS MAY BE A LINKAGE BETWEEN WHAT THE UNITED KINGDOM DOES AND WHAT MIGHT DO BUT, AGAIN, THOSE ALL FORM PART OF THE PACKAGE OF WAYS OF DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM WHICH I SHALL TAKE BACK AND CONSIDER.
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CHAN BO-SHUN (HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL): AS SOME LOCAL LEGISLATORS SAID, THAT DURING THE DEFENCE COSTS TALKS IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE UK GOVERNMENT FORCING THE HK GOVERNMENT TO TOE THE LINE, BECAUSE THE UK GOVERNMENT IS A SOVEREIGN STATE. WHY ARE YOU SO SURE IT IS A FAIR TALK BETWEEN BOTH SIDES SINCE THEY ARE NOT IN AN EQUAL STATE?
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN EQUAL STATE FOR A LONG TIME, HAVE THEY? THAT'S THE FIRST THING. THE SECOND THING IS, NO, IT HAS NOT BEEN FORCED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ON THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. IT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN REACHED. IT IS QUITE WRONG TO SUGGEST IT HAS BEEN FORCED. IT IS NOT THE CASE.
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