1992-07-27 22:44
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THREE
OF
SHORT IMPRESSIONS: THE INTEGRATION
FAST, THE ECONOMIES OF SOUTHERN CHINA AND HONG KONG HAS ADVANCED VERY
OF LIFE. IS NOW SOMETHING ALMOST EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT. IT'S A FACT IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR HONG KONG, IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR CHINA. IT SHOWS THAT CO-OPERATION WORKS TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL. IT'S BASED ON THE FREE- MARKET APPROACH IDENTIFIED WITH HONG KONG. IT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE, INCIDENTALLY, TO HONG KONG, OF RETAINING CHINA'S MFN STATUS AND IS A POINT WE CONSISTENTLY RAM HOME IN WASHINGTON.
THAT
THAT
INTO THE
SO YOU'VE GOT - AND THIS IS THE SECOND POINT YOU'VE GOT CO-OPERATION WITHOUT FUSS, WITHOUT DRAMA, IN THE BUSINESS FIELD BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG, AND WE MUST TRY TO TRANSLATE SAME SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION WITHOUT FUSS, WITHOUT DRAMA, DISCUSSIONS AT GOVERNMENT LEVEL. THERE'S A STRONG WISH HERE, WHICH I SHARE, TO FIND, TO BUILD, A GOOD CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP BRITAIN AND CHINA THROUGH THESE FINAL YEARS OF TRANSITION KONG, AND THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND.
BETWEEN
IN HONG
THE MOU ON THE NEW AIRPORT, SIGNED BY THE PRIME THIS MINISTER AND PREMIER LI PENG LAST YEAR, IS A SOUND FRAMEWORK FOR PROJECT, A PROJECT WHICH IS CRUCIAL FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE ROLE AT THE CENTRE OF THIS REGION. FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ARE NEEDED TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OF FINANCING. WE SHALL CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS AIRPORT QUESTION, OF COURSE, SEPARATE FROM ANY OTHER MATTERS. THAT WHEN THESE REMAINING QUESTIONS ARE TACKLED ON THEIR WILL FIND A SOLUTION. SO THE AIRPORT WILL BE BUILT. UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR BUT THE MEMORANDUM OF REMOVED THAT UNCERTAINTY. THE AIRPORT WILL BE BUILT; IT'S A
WE NOW HAVE TO INTEREST OF HONG KONG, CHINA AND GREAT BRITAIN. SETTLE, IN THE MEETING PLACES PROVIDED FOR THAT PURPOSE, THE QUESTIONS WHICH ARE OUTSTANDING AND WHICH HAVE BEEN SLOW TO SETTLE.
RESTS, AS IT
WE BELIEVE MERITS WE THERE WAS UNDERSTANDING
SHARED
JOINT
IN
THE FINAL POINT: THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG
CARRYING THROUGH THE HAS FOR EIGHT YEARS, ON DECLARATION. THE PRACTICAL CARRYING THROUGH OF THAT DECLARATION THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP IS NOT ALWAYS AS QUICK AS YOU OR I WOULD AND WE SHALL GO ON TRYING TO SPEED IT UP, BUT THAT REMAINS THE
IN PRESERVING
OF LIFE WHICH 18 CLEARLY DEFINED THE WAY
THE DECLARATION,
FROM WAY OF LIFE WHICH YOU KNOW AND BENEFIT, IS VITAL TO THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG.
MUCH,
THANK THE GOVERNOR:
YOU VERY
FOREIGN PERHAPS WE COULD PROCEED IN OUR NORMAL DISCIPLINED FASHION YOUR I'D RE GRATEFUL FOR IS, IF YOU COULD, BEFORE ASKING GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THE ORGANISATION WHICH YOU REPRESENT, ALSO BE GRATEFUL AND SAY, WOULD ALL YOUR COLLEAGUES IN MAKE IF YOU WOULD ASK ONE QUESTION RATHER THAN CORPS, RHETORICAL CONTRIBUTION.
LIKE BASIS. THE JOINT WHICH YOU
SECRETARY. AND WHAT QUESTION,
AND I'D} THE PRESS A LENGTHY
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ABOUT THE HAS IT
CAN YOU TELL US YOUR VALUATION SINO-BRITISH RELATIONSHIP SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE MEMORANDUM?
DAISY LEE (MING PAO):
BEEN DETERIORATING?
I DON'T THINK OUR GENERAL FOREIGN SECRETARY:
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA HAS DETERIORATED – THAT WAS THE QUESTION. IT HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS. I BELIEVE, BASICALLY, IT IS SOUNDER THAN IT WAS SOME YEARS AGO. WHY? BECAUSE WE NOW FIND IT POSSIBLE TO DISCUSS A WIDER RANGE OF THINGS FRANKLY WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT THAN
MUCH THE TO BE SO, AND WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS TO DISCUSS. MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA 1S HONG KONG. HONG KONG COMES FIRST IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO USE WHAT HAS BEEN BUILT, USE THAT ABILITY HAVE A FRANK DISCUSSION, WE HAVE TO USE THAT ABILITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF HONG KONG IN THE WAYS THAT I HAVE DESCRIBED.
CHINA,
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