THURSDAY, JULY 17,
JULY 17, 1986
+AND WE WANTED TO GIVE THOSE FRIENDS OF OURS WHO DO RECOGNISE HONG KONG DOES NOT HAVE TRADE BARRIERS ... TO GIVE THEM SOME AMMUNITION WITH WHICH TO ARGUE THAT IT IS NOT RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST HONG KONG BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TRADE BARRIERS.+
HE THOUGHT THAT SO FAR MEMBERS OF THE MISSION HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING THESE OBJECTIVES, AND ADDED, THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING AND WE SHALL SEE WHAT IMPACT WE'VE HAD IN THE MONTHS TO COME.+
THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAID HE THOUGHT THE CONCEPT OF GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND QUASI PUBLIC BODIES TAKING PART IN JOINT PROMOTION OF TRADE AND TOURISM WAS VERY VALUABLE IN PROMOTING HONG KONG
AFTER THE SHORT VISIT TO SEATTLE, SIR EDWARD AND HIS PARTY FLEW TO VANCOUVER IN CANADA WHERE ON FRIDAY (SATURDAY, HK TIME) THE GOVERNOR WILL VISIT EXPO '86 FOR HONG KONG DAY'.
FROM CANADA, THE GOVERNOR WILL RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FINAL STOP OF HIS NORTH AMERICA TOUR, CHICAGO,
SIR DAVID SINCERE EXPRESSION OF VIEWS ON DAYA BAY
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (THURSDAY) STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPRESSING HONG KONG'S CONCERNS ON THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION TO THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING IT, SO THAT THOSE CONCERNS CAN BE PROPERLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE DECISIONS AND THE BUILDING OF THE PLANT.+
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TOURING CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT, SIR DAVID ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE DECISION TO GO AHEAD WITH THE POWER STATION DID NOT REST WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF YESTERDAY'S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DEBATE ON DAYA BAY, HE NOTED THAT IT SHOWED HONG KONG PEOPLE'S GREAT CONCERN ABOUT THE POWER PLANT.
DESCRIBING IT AS +A VERY GOOD DEBATE+, SIR DAVID SAID: +PEOPLE SPOKE VERY SINCERELY ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AND THERE WAS A WIDE RANGE OF OPINION EXPRESSED ABOUT THE PLANT. SO, I THINK IT WAS A DEBATE WHICH WAS FULL OF MEANING,+
COMMENTING ON CLAIMS THAT DAYA BAY HAD BEEN TURNED INTO A POLITICAL ISSUE, HE SAID: +WELL, I THINK WHERE YOU GET A DIFFERING EXPRESSION OF OPINION AND PEOPLE TAKING A DIFFERENT VIEW FROM OTHER PEOPLE, YOU COULD SAY THAT THAT WAS AN EXPRESSION OF POLITICAL 'OPINION.
/+BUT I