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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1984
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+THE SECOND POINT WHICH STANDS OUT IN MY MIND AFTER OUR FTING WITH PREMIER ZHAO LAST EVENING IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT. IS. WHEN AT ONE STAGE DURING THE MEETING I REAFFIRMED THE ITISH GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO ENSURE THAT THE HONG KONG COVERNMENT ADMINISTERED HONG KONG EFFECTIVELY UP TO 1997. PREMIER ZHAO TOOK CAREFUL NOTE OF WHAT I SAID AND COUNTERED BY DRAWING MY ATTENTION TO THE SPECIFIC REFERENCE IN THE JOINT DECLARATION TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GOOD GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG UP TO 1997. I ASSURED HIM THAT THROUGH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, THAT RESPONSIBILITY, THAT BRITISH RESPONSIBILITY, WOULD BE DISCHARGED AS CONSCIENTIOUSLY AND AS SINGLE-MINDEDLY IN THE NEXT 12 TO 13 YEARS AS IN PAST YEARS.
+I THINK THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHER POINTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE BEFORE GOING HOME TO LUNCH. ONE IS THAT I EXPLAINED TO PREMIER ZHAO THAT EXCO HAD ENDORSED HMG'S DECISION TO INITIAL THE DRAFT AGREEMENT. 1 EXPLAINED THAT LEGCO WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO DEBATE THE AGREEMENT IN PUBLIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH. THE DEBATE BEING ON A MOTION COMMENDING THE AGREEMENT TO HONG KONG PEOPLE. I EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNOR, OF COURSE, HAD ALREADY COMMENDED THE AGREEMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN HIS SPEECH LAST WEEK. I SAID THAT I EXPECTED MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ULTIMATELY TO ACCEPT THAT COMMENDATION. BUT MEANWHILE, I SAID, THEY NEEDED TIME TO REFLECT AND TO DIGEST THE CONTENTS OF THESE VERY COMPLEX DOCUMENTS.
+ AND LASTLY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR XU JIATUN AND MR LI CHUWEN AND THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THE NCNA FOR ARRANGING THIS VISIT FOR US. THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLANNING OF THE VISIT IN THE FIRST
THANK YOU,+ INSTANCE, AND WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL TO THEM.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION INCLUDE THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, MR MICHAEL SANDBERG, AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR FRANCIS TIEN YUAN-HO, MR WONG LAM, DR HO KAM-FAI, MR ALLEN LEE PENG-FEI, MR HU FA-KUANG, MR WONG PO-YAN AND MR KEITH LAM HON-KEUNG.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE DELEGATION ARE MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR E.P. HO, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR DONALD LIAO, SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MISS CHEUNG MAN-YEE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR RICHARD MARGOLIS, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER AND MISS VIVIEN FONG, INTERPRETER.
THE GROUP WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR PETER TSAO, THE VICE DIRECTOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR LI CHUWEN, AND THE VICE CHIEF EDITOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR YEUNG SING.
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