17-MAR-1993 18:26
HK GOVERNMENT HOUSE
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JESTION:
I AM WITH TVB.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THE BRITISH SIDE HAS CLOSED WO DOORS OF TALKS BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN. WELL, WILL CHINA STILL XPECT TO HAVE TALKS WITH BRITAIN IN THE FUTURE AND WILL THAT MEAN HAT IN THE FORTHCOMING. FOUR YEARS THE CHINESE SIDE WILL ALSO TAKE A ION-COOPERATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS BRITAIN INCLUDING CO-OPERATION IN THE
ICONOMIC FIELD.
>IRECTOR:
AS FOR YOUR FIRST QUESTION, AS I MENTIONED JUST
NOW, THE BRITISH SIDE HAS CLOSED TWO DOORS OF TALKS BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN. WELL. AS FAR AS THE CHINESE SIDE IS CONCERNED WE CANNOT BREAK THAT DOOR. SINCE THE BRITISH SIDE HAS ALREADY SHUT THE TWO DOORS SO IT IS DIFFICULT NOW TO GO AHEAD WITH THE TALKS WITH BRITAIN.
AS FOR YOUR SECOND QUESTION OF WHETHER CHINA WILL TAKE A NON- COOPERATIVE ATTITUDE IN THE ECONOMIC AND OTHER FIELDS, WELL THE QUESTION AT PRESENT IS NOT THAT THE CHINESE SIDE DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE CO-OPERATION. THE CHINESE SIDE HAS ALL ALONG STOOD FOR CO-OPERATION WITH THE BRITISH SIDE. WE HOPE TO STRENGTHEN OUR CO-OPERATION WITH BRITAIN SO AS TO ENSURE THE SMOOTH TRANSITION AND TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG. THERE ARE EXPLICIT STIPULATIONS IN THIS REGARD IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AND, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD IN HONG KONG CHINA AND BRITAIN SHOULD STRENGTHEN OUR CO-OPERATION. WE HAVE ALL ALONG WORKED IN STRICT OBSERVANCE OF THE JOINT DECLARATION. OF COURSE, CO-OPERATION WILL .NEED THE EFFORTS FROM BOTH SIDES. SO THE QUESTION AT PRESENT IS NOT
THAT THE CHINESE SIDE DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE CO-OPERATION. IT IS BRITISH SIDE WHICH DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE CO-OPERATION AND ACTUALLY, IT HAS UNDERMINED THE CO-OPERATION. THE RECENT MOVE TAKEN BY GOVERNOR CHRIS PATTEN OF HONG KONG HAS COMPLETELY UNDERMINED THE BASIS FOR TALKS BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS AND IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW TO ENSURE THE SMOOTH TRANSITION AND HOW TO ENSURE THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG
IN ABSENCE OF CO-OPERATION FROM THE BRITISH SIDE.
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