2
3
3.
Perhaps there is a lesson in
that, not least a
lesson in sincerity. There have now been 12 rounds or about
The British and Chinese Foreign
100 hours of talks.
Ministers met to consider progress for the second time on
[Sunday] at the United Nations in New York. Later this
I will review the ground that has been covered
afternoon,
with the Chinese negotiators, the solutions we have proposed
and the work that lies ahead.
RAISING OUR SIGHTS
4.
specific
last year's Policy
policy
Address, I put forward 101
proposals aimed at improving the quality of
life of Hong Kong people. Some were to be achieved in the
longer
term, others during 1993. I can report today that we
have achieved, or are on schedule to achieve, virtually all
of our commitments.
I shall not go into the details this
afternoon of where we have got to with each commitment.
Instead, a detailed
report is being made available to
Members and to the community with the printed version of
today's Policy Address.
progress, item by item.
record.
This separate document lists
It is, I believe, an impressive
But Members will not be surprised to hear we are
have been some serious shortfalls as
not perfect.
well
There
relatively few
but we identify them alongside our
!