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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1986
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GOOD THING TO COME AND STUDY HONG KONG
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SIR EDWARD
THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING THAT BOTH HE AND THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE OF CHINA'S STATE COUNCIL, MR LU PING, AGREED THAT IT WAS A VERY GOOD THING TO COME AND STUDY THE SITUATION IN HONG KONG AS IT IS TODAY.
SIR EDWARD WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFCIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE UNION FLOOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG STUDENTS' UNION.
SIR EDWARD POINTED OUT THAT HE HAD KNOWN MR LU PING FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.
+WE HAD MANY TALKS WHEN WE WERE IN PEKING FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS. AND SO THIS AFTERNOON HE CAME UP FOR AN INFORMAL CALL WITH SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES, HE SAID.
NOTING THAT THEY WERE NOT DISCUSSING MATTERS OF GREAT SUBSTANCE, SIR EDWARD SAID HE WAS EXPLAINING TO HIM THE PRESENT SITUATION IN HONG KONG AND HOW HONG KONG HAD DEVELOPED TO BECOME THE PLACE IT WAS.
+HE OF COURSE IS QUITE FAMILIAR WITH MUCH THAT GOES ON IN HONG KONG, AND HE WAS TELLING ME SOMETHING OF THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSULTATIONS WHICH HE HAS BEEN HAVING.+
ASKED IF MR LU PING HAD REQUESTED FOR HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HONG KONG, SIR EDWARD SAID THE GOVERNMENT STOOD READY TO HELP ANY VISITOR TO HONG KONG.
+ IF ANY HELP IS NEEDED, WE'LL BE VERY HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT,+ HE SAID, BUT HIS MAIN PURPOSE OF COURSE IS TO TALK TO A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE HERE.+
ASKED IF HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE CONSULTATION MENTIONED BY MR LU PING, SIR EDWARD SAID: +1 THINK MR LU PING IS MEETING A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AND I THINK THE CONSULTATIVE PROCESS IS GOING VERY WELL.+
+CERTAINLY THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF IDEAS BEING PUT TO HIM,+ HE ADDED.
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