WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1985
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EQUAL PROTECTION OF LAW FOR EVERYONE, SIR EDWARD
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EVERYBODY IN HONG KONG IS ENTITLED TO PROTECTION OF THE LAW AND IF THEY FEEL THEY ARE IN NEED OF PROTECTION THEY SHOULD GO AND DISCUSS IT WITH THE POLICE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF PROTECTION RAISED AFTER THE RECENT ATTACK ON A MEMBER OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, SIR EDWARD POINTED OUT THAT EVERYBODY IN HONG KONG WAS IN EXACTLY THE SAME POSITION.
HE WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TOURING THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL IN WONG CHUK HANG.
+THE POLICE ARE THERE TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER AND THEY ARE A VERY EFFICIENT POLICE FORCE, AND IF ANYBODY WANTED ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE ONLY TO WANDER AROUND THIS AFTERNOON, + HE SAID.
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ASKED WHETHER IT WAS NECESSARY TO SET UP AN COMMITTEE+ TO PROBE THE INCIDENT, SIR EDWARD SAID THAT THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT WAS THAT HONG KONG HAD VERY WELL ESTABLISHED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND A WELL ESTABLISHED LEGAL SYSTEM.
+AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED, THE POLICE ARE CONDUCTING A VERY THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS
INCIDENT, AND DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF THAT INVESTIGATION THE LAW WILL TAKE ITS COURSE,
+THAT TO ME IS THE POSITION NOW AND THAT IS THE POSITION WHICH I THINK IT SHOULD BE LEFT AT AT THE PRESENT TIME.
THE GOVERNOR DECLINED TO COMMENT ON WHETHER THE INCIDENT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED OR HOW LONG THE POLICE INVESTIGATION WOULD TAKE.
+ I THINK WE HAVE TO AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATIONS WHICH ARE IN PROGRESS,+ HE SAID.
IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS ON THE VISIT OF MR GEORGE BUSH, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SIR EDWARD SAID HE WOULD NOT RAISE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WITH HIM.
+WHEN MR BUSH COMES ON FRIDAY I SHALL TELL HIM WHAT THE SITUATION IS IN HONG KONG, I KNOW THAT HE IS VERY INTERESTED IN IT, HE SAID,
+ SAW HIM WHEN I WENT TO WASHINGTON LAST YEAR AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE SITUATION THEN, AS YOU KNOW, HE WAS IN PEKING SOME YEARS AGO, THE SAME TIME AS I WAS.
+SO I WILL TELL HIM OF THE THINGS WHICH PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND EXPLAIN TO HIM THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HONG KONG.+
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