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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1987
GREEN PAPER WILL BE RELEASED ON SCHEDULE
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THE GREEN PAPER ON HONG KONG'S POLITICAL REFORM WILL BE RELEASED ON TIME AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, STRESSED THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
HE WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS RETURN FROM LONDON AFTER A THREE-DAY VISIT THERE MEETING THE NEW GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND OTHER BRITISH OFFICIALS.
SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS ABLE TO BRING OFFICIALS IN LONDON UP TO DATE WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF PREPARATION OF THE GREEN PAPER.
+1 WAS ABLE TO SAY TO THE BRITISH OFFICIALS EXCATLY WHERE WE HAVE GOT WITH OUR PREPARATION FOR THE GREEN PAPER, THE DRAFTING OF THE GREEN PAPER, AND TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THE CONTENTS OF THE GREEN PAPER.+
SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD HAD A BUSY THREE DAYS IN LONDON, DURING WHICH TIME HE SAW THE NEW GOVERNOR AND HAD VERY USEFUL DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM.
+ IT'S GOOD TO MEET AN OLD FRIEND AGAIN, AND TO BRING HIM UP TO DATE WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IN HONG KONG AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE CONCERNING US AS A COMMUNITY, AND TO TALK A BIT ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIS ARRIVAL IN THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL,+ HE SAID.
WHILE IN LONDON, SIR DAVID ALSO MET THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE DEEP CONCERN OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE OVER THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE QUESTION.
+I THINK WE CAN BE ASSURED IN HONG KONG THAT OUR CONCERNS ARE BEING TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD ALSO TALKED TO THE PERMANENT UNDER- SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE, SIR PATRICK WRIGHT= HIS DEPUTY, MR DAVID GILMORE AND THE HEAD OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, MR CHRISTOPHER HUM, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.
+1 WAS ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THE WORK THAT LIES AHEAD OF IT, HE SAID.
ON HIS DISCUSSION WITH THE NEW GOVERNOR ABOUT HIS FUTURE ROLE IN THE GOVERNMENT, SIR DAVID SAID: IT WOULD BE DISCOURTEOUS OF ME TO REVEAL TO YOU EXACTLY WHAT I DISCUSSED IN LONDON BEFORE I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO EXCO NEXT WEEK.
+1 THINK THE IMPORTANT THING, CERTAINLY FOR ME, IS THAT I'M GOING TO GO ON LIVING IN HONG KONG, AND, I HOPE, MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY IN SOME FORM OR ANOT HER.
SIR DAVID WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S. Y. CHUNG AND THE ACTING SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR S. L. CHEN.
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