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FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1985
REPORTS EXPECTED FROM JOINT LIAISON GROUP
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GOVERNOR
THERE MUST BE REPORTS FROM TIME TO TIME ON WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE EASTERN DISTRICT, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP HAD A PARTICULAR AGENDA AND THE FIRST PART OF IT CONCERNED THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS OF HONG KONG.
+ALTHOUGH THE MEETINGS ARE SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT TO BE CONFIDENTIAL, OBVIOUSLY THERE MUST BE REPORTS FROM TIME TO TIME ON WHAT IS GOING ON, HE SAID,
ASKED WHETHER HE WOULD BE MEETING MEMBERS OF THE GROUP DURING HIS FORTHCOMING TRIP TO THE UK, THE GOVERNOR SAID: +SOME OF THEM OF COURSE ARE HERE AND OTHERS WILL BE IN LONDON.+
+ DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR PLAN TO MEET THEM EXCEPT IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF MEETING OFFICIALS IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
+BUT I SHALL, NO DOUBT, MEET MR KE AND ANY OF THE OTHERS WHO ARE THERE IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF THE VISIT, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT THE FORTHCOMING VISIT BY THE CHINESE PREMIER TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WAS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE WHICH SYMBOLISED GOOD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
HONG KONG COULD ONLY BENEFIT FROM SUCH A GOOD RELATIONSHIP, HE SAID.
ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE +POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE+ OF HIS TRIP TO LONDON DURING THE CHINESE PREMIER'S VISIT, SIR EDWARD SAID: *THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE SIGNIFICANCE, I SUPPOSE, WHEN I TRAVEL AT LEAST YOU ALWAYS READ A LITTLE SIGNIFICANCE INTO IT WHEN I TRAVEL. +
HE SAID HE WOULD BE ATTENDING SOME OF THE MEETINGS BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTERS AND BETWEEN OTHER MINISTERS WHO WOULD BE THERE DURING HIS VISIT,
+ IF THE SUBJECT OF HONG KONG IS ON THE AGENDA -- THERE ARE NO MAJOR PROBLEMS BUT IF THE SUBJECT OF HONG KONG IS ON THE AGENDA,
I AM SURE THEY WILL WANT ME TO BE THERE, HE SAID.
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