1989-09-19 23:20 G. 1.5
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ON THE SECOND POINT, ON RAISING THE RIGHT OF ABODE ISSUE WITH OTHER EUROPEAN PARTNERS. I THINK WE HAVE SAID ALL ALONG THAT WE WOULD SEEK TO TALK TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ABOUT HONG KONG. IT IMPORTANT FOR HONG KONG TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND TO DEVELOP THAT AND WE SHALL CERTAINLY BE DISCUSSING HONG KONG, AS WE HAVE DONE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. BOTH WITH THE SELVE AND AT THE PARIS ECONOMIC SUMMIT AND WE SHALL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT 17.
ARE THERE ANY PLANS OF OTHER BEIJING IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
STANLEY LEUNG (HONGKONG STANDARD): FCO OFFICIALS TO VISIT HONG KONG AND INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR. TO BEIJING?
MR MAUDE: WELL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE GOVERNOR ABOUT HIS
LANS.
STANLEY LEUNG INCLUDING MR MAJOR TO BEIJING,
: AND ANY PLAN OF THE GOVERNOR TO VISIT BEIJING"
جند
ΤΟ HONG KONG.
MR MAUDE: YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE GOVERNOR ABOUT HIS PLANS. T SO FAR AS OTHER MINISTERS COMING ΤΟ HONG KONG. JOHN MAJOR ERTAINLY PROPOSES TO COME TO HONG KONG SOMETIME AROUND THE TURY OF HE YEAR
AN EXACT DATE HASN'T BEEN FIXED, BUT HE IS KEEN TO COME. AS SAY AT AN EARLY DATE, WHICH WOULD LIKELY TO BE AROUND THEN.
80 WAR OTHER BRITISH MINISTERS ARE CONCERNED. THERE IS. AS I BELIEVE, } AIRLY STEADY FLOW OF BRITISH MINISTERS TO HONG KONG. I MYSELF CAME A DIFFERENT CAPACITY A YEAR AGO AND I KNOW THAT OTHER MINISTERS ME HERE ON A REGULAR BASIS AS WELL. BUT T MEAN ΤΗΛΑΤ
NOT ARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH THE SORT OF ISSUES WITH WHICH I'VE BEEN FALING WITH WHILE I AM HERE.
FUNG WAI-KONG ASIAWEEK): MR MAUDE. THE CHINESE AND THE BRITISH AD SOME SORT OF WRANGLE OVER CERTAIN ISSUES RECENTLY. YOU HAVE SAID AT THE BRITISH SIDE WANT TO ADOPT A FIRM AND LOW-KEY APPROACH. DO I THINK THIS IS SOME SORT OF CONCESSION. BACK-TRACKING OR SOME HORT
SURRENDER?
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MR MAUDE YOU CAN'T WIN
:
ON THIS. T MEAN. YOU ARE EITHER CKING A FIGHT OR YOU ARE SURRENDERING. WE ARE NOT DOING KITHER. AT WE ARE DOING IS PURSUING THE DISCUSSIONS QUIETLY, SENSIBLY. AND THE BASIS WHICH IS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE AGREEMENT AND THAT IS A RY PROPER WAY FOR US TO CARRY ON. SO WE SHALL CONTINUE. NOT ALWAYS LING WHAT WE ARE DOING, NOT ALWAYS CONDUCTING OUR DIPLOMACY GAPHONES, BUT QUIETLY CARRYING ON WITH THE VERY SERIOUS AT THERE IS TO BE DONE ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG.
THROUGH
BUSINESS
/STEVE JONES (ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL) :