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1 HAVE DEVOTED 80 MUCH TIME TO THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ABOUT BECAUSE OF ITS GREAT IMPORTANCE AND THE CONCERN EXPRESSED TO ME IT. BUT OF COURSE I HAVE DISCUSSED OTHER ISSUES, NOT LEAST THE
MEETING QUESTION OF THE BASIC LAW, NOW, UNDER DISCUSSION AT A PLENARY
TWO I WILL MAKE ONLY OF THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE IN CANTON,
IN WHICH THE FIRSTLY, I HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE WAY POINTS.
HOAN
ABOUT IN HONG KONG THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED HAY G RDÒFUNDED
NEXT THE FIRST DRAFT. SECOND, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WILL STUDY THE DRAFT VERY CAREFULLY AND, AS WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO, WILL WISH TO THE JOINT SATISFY OURSELVES THAT IT DOES REFLECT THE PROVISIONS OF DECLARATION.
UF
CLOSE CONTACT I SEE IT AS ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT TO REMAIN IN
EXTREMELY VISITS SUCH AS THIS ONE ARE HUNG KUNG. WITH THE AFPALNO
OF VIEWS: USEFUL. I ALWAYS WELCOME THE CHANCE TO HEAR A WIDE RANGE THIS I HAVE CERTAINLY DONE OVER THE PAST FIVE DAYS,
MAGGIE NELSON (RTHK) COULD YOU BLABORATE
ON THE VIGOROUS
DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN?
RESPONSES.
WE LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, IT IS PRECISELY WHAT I SAID IT IS.
EXPLAINING THE HAVE OF COURSE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE PUT AND WE ARE NOW COLLECTING THEIR
THE OF COURSE WE HAVE ONLY HAD INITIAL RESPONSES SO FAR AS I SAID IN
LOOKING STATEMENT. THEY WILL, OF COURSE, BE LOOKING AT THE PROBLEMS, AT THE ISSUE THEMSELVES.
MAGGIE NELSON: . AND WERE YOU ENCOURAGED BY THE INITIAL RESPONSE?
LORD GLENARTHUR: YES, I WAS ENCOURAGED.
MAGGIE NELSON: BUT WHY?
BECAUSE
THE
IMMEDIATE
RESPONSES
ARE
ARE
NATURE
LORD GLENARTHUR : ENCOURAGING BECAUSE NOBODY HAS RULED OUT THE POSSIBILITY. THERE SOME POSITIVE SIGNS. RATHER THAN GOING INTO THE CONFIDENTIAL
AN ENCOURAGING OF DIPLOMATIC PROCEDURES, IT IS A POSITIVE SIGN AND ONE.
CHAN CHEUK-HAY (TVB): MAY I ASK IN CHINESE?
YOU
LORD GLENARTHUR: YES.
THAT THE
CHAN CHEUK-HAY (QUESTION ASKED IN CANTONESE): LORD GLENARTHUR, REFUGEE PROBLEM WAS AN VIETNAMESE SAID YESTERDAY
HONG KONG'S VIETNAMESE INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW,
BRITAIN ON REFUGEE PROBLEM IS CREATED BY BRITAIN'S POLICY. IN 1979, BEHALF OF HONG KONG MADE A COMMITMENT THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BE A PORT OF FIRST ASYLUM FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. LAST YEAR, BRITAIN ALSO ASKED WAS BRITAIN PREPARED TO HONG KONG TO ADOPT A SCREENING POLICY, SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITES WHEN DECIDING ON SUCH POLICIES? IS WHEN PREPARED TO ACCEPT ALL VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND BOAT PEOPLE WITHDRAWS FROM HONG KONG IN 1997?
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