PR 39
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|香港政府
GIS
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1983.
GOVERNOR MEETS PRESS ON RETURN FROM LONDON TALKS
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THE FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY H.E. THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, ON HIS RETURN FROM LONDON, JULY 7, 1983, AT THE VIP PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, KAI TAK AIRPORT, HONG KONG.
H.E.:
GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THE MAIN LINES OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T PERHAPS I SHOULD RECAP THAT WE HAVE JUST SPENT A FEW DAYS IN LONDON. I WENT A DAY EARLY IN ORDER TO SEE MINISTERS AND I SAW THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AND MR LUCE ON FRIDAY; THEN MY UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES CAME AND WE SPENT SOME TIME OVER THE WEEKEND IN PREPARATION FOR MEETINGS WHICH WE ALL HAD WITH THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AND WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ON MONDAY.
THEN ON TUESDAY, WE HAD SOME QUITE LONG DISCUSSIONS WITH MR LUCE AFTER LUNCH, AND IN THE EVENING WE GAVE A RECEPTION ON WHICH I AND THE UNOFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO MEET QUITE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, QUITE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT CAME ALONG AND MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION, AND OTHER MINISTERS AND FORMER MINISTERS WHO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HONG KONG, OR WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN HONG KONG. SO IN QUITE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE NEW MINISTERS IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE, THE PRIME MINISTER AND QUITE A CROSS-SECTION OF PEOPLE FROM PARLIAMENT AND BUSINESS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HONG KONG. I THINK YOU WILL ALL HAVE SEEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH WAS MADE AT THE END OF OUR TALKS AND SO NEEDN'T REPEAT THAT TO YOU, AND I THINK ALL I NEED DO AT THIS STAGE IS SAY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION?
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