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DECISIONS IF
TAKE WE HAVE DIFFICULT
IN
MR MAUDE: WELL. WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THAT IS THAT WE'LL DECISIONS AS THEY COME THAT IS WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT. AT NO
NO STAGE FLINCHED FROM TAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS HAVE TO BE TAKEN. I HOPE WE ALWAYS TAKE THOSE DECISIONS THE RESPONSIBLE AND INFORMED WAY AND ONE OF THE WAYS IN DECISIONS
WHICH CAN BE WELL INFORMED IS BY MY BEING HERE AND
THOSE SORT OF QUESTION.
ASKING TILAT
YOJANA SHARMA (DAILY TELEGRAPHY: YOU'VE SAID THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT HONG KONG'S INTERESTS TO THE CHINESE IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS THEM. HOWEVER, CHINA HAS ALREADY SAID THAT TO STATION PLA TROOPS
WITH HONG KONG IS THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHT. IS A MATTER FOR CHINA AND HONG KONG ALONE.
IT HAS ALSO SAID THAT BASIC GOING TO ACTUALLY BROACH THIS SUBJECT?
50. ON WHAT BASIS ARE YOU
MR
F
IN
LAW
HERE
MAUDE: WELL. I'VE ACCEPTED IT THAT STATIONING THE PLA IS A MATTER OF CHINA'S SOVEREIGN RIGHT. BUT WHAT WE HAVE ALSO SAID IS THAT IT IS A MATTER WHICH IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE HERE AND THAT AGAIN IS A SIMPLE STATEMENT OF FACT. SO FAR AS THE BASIC LAW IS CONCERNED. IT IS CLEARLY
MATTER FOR THE CHINESE WITH HONG KONG TO DRAFT LAW. BUT IT IS EQUALLY CLEARLY LEGITIMATE AND PROPER FOR US TO EXPRESS THE BASIC VIEWS ABOUT THE CONTENT AND THE FORMAT OF THE BASIC LAW. THAT WE DONE. MANY OF THE THINGS WE HAVE SUGGESTED ON BEHALF OF HONG HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AND HAVE IMPROVED THE BASIC LAW. IN THE PAST. THERE IS NOTHING. I THINK. PARTICULARLY EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT US SEEKING TO EXPRESS VIEWS ABOUT IT. IT IS PERFECTLY PROPER.
CONVINCED
MAUDE. YOU SAID
HAVE. KONG AND
YOU ARE QUITE
SIMON MACKLIN {E(MP); MR
THAT THE BURDEN OF THE BOAT PEOPLE IS BECOMING FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. WHAT IS BRITAIN ABOUT TO SHARE THAT BURDEN?
INTOLERABLE DO TO HELL
INDEED THAT
MR MAUDE: WELL. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY TO FIND. WELL. I MEAN TO FIND. A LASTING SOLUTION TO IT. SOLUTION CAN ONLY INVOLVE THOSE WHO ARE FOUND BE REFUGEES.
FTER SCREENING NOT FOR THEM TO GO BACK TO VIETNAM. PROGRAMME
THERE IS GOING FORWARD
VOLUNTARY AT THE MOMENT. REMARKS. IT IS MOST UNLIKELY THAT THAT VOLUNTARY PROGRAMME WILL
AS I SAID IN ་་ OPENING ΤΟ SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT TAKES TWO PARTNERS FOR THERE REPATRIATION THE SENDER AND THE RECIPIENT AND WE ARE
AGREEMENT
CONCLUDE AN CONTINUE.
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WITH
THE VIETNAMESE
BEGIN
TO
DE
WORKING 30 THAT PROCESS
TO
AN
SIMON MACKLIN! CAN'T BRITAIN DO SOMETHING TO HELP FINANCIAL BURDEN WHICH HONG KONG IS DEARINGT
SHARE THE
MR MAUDE: WELL. WE ALREADY DO.
TWENTY
TO
WE HAVE SPENT IN THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS. WE HAVE SPENT
ONE MILLION POUNDS SHARE THE BURDEN.
STERLING
SIMON MACKLIN: ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND ANY MORE?
BUT THE
MR MAUDE: WELL. WE WILL TAKE DECISIONS AS THEY COME. MOST URGENT THING IS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM SO THAT THE BURDEN REDUCES THAT IN THE BEST CONTRIBUTION WE CAN MAKE.