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+SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO SAY IS 'DO YOU THINK THAT THE COST OF SOME OF THESE IS TOO GREAT OR DO YOU THINK THE PROBLEM IS SO SERIOUS THAT THAT COST WOULD BE JUSTIFIED'.
+AND THAT'S WHY WE'LL TAKE GREAT NOTE AND PAY GREAT ATTENTION TO THE OPINIONS WHICH WE WILL GET FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG,
ASKED WHETHER IT WAS REASONABLE TO EXTEND LEGALISED GAMBLING, HE SAID +THAT IS THE QUESTION WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU,
+IN FACT, MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE TRIAD REPORT AND SEE WHETHER YOU HAVE IDEAS.+
ASKED ABOUT THE LATEST POSITION ON HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE GATT, SIR EDWARD SAID, THINGS ARE GOING QUITE WELL. +
+ I HOPE IT WON'T BE VERY LONG NOW BEFORE WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA NEWS FOR YOU, HE ADDED.
ON THE NATIONALITY ISSUE, THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE WAS NO NEWS ON THAT. IT WAS STILL BEING CONSIDERED IN LONDON AND +THE MATTER IS VERY MUCH IN THE HANDS OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.-
ASKED ABOUT THE BASIC LAW, HE TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE READ WHAT THE PRESS WROTE ABOUT IT ÉVERY DAY AND + AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT NEWS WE WILL GET WHEN THEY ALL COME BACK NEXT WEEK.+
HK-NETHERLANDS AIR SERVICE AGREEMENT INITIALLED *****
(THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS BEING MADE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN LONDON, THE HAGUE AND HONG KONG).
DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD THIS WEEK IN THE HAGUE BETWEEN DELEGATIONS REPRESENTING THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS.
THE
AS A RESULT OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, A SEPARATE HONG KONG- NETHERLANDS AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT WAS INITIALLED. AGREEMENT, WHICH IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH SCHEDULED AIR SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE NETHERLANDS,
AHEN THE