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TO TRY TO OVERSIMPLIFY THE DOING A SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.
ISSUES WOULD NOT, I BELIEVE, THEY ARE COMPLICATED, THEY CANNOT, OR THEY SHOULD NOT, BE OVER-SIMPLIFIED.
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NOW, YOUR OTHER POINT ABOUT LAYING OUT ALL THE IMPLICATIONS OF EACH POSSIBLE COMBINATION AND I UNDERSTAND THE POINT AND I TAKE IT BUT IF YOU DID TRY TO DO THAT IN DETAIL, YOU WOULD
IT WOULD BE OF FINISH UP WITH A VERY LARGE GREEN PAPER INDEED. BOOK SIZE.
SO, I THINK, WHAT ONE MUST RELY ON IS THE PUBLIC AND DISCUSSION BY INFORMED PEOPLE, WORKING OUT FOR THEMSELVES WHAT THOSE IMPLICATIONS ARE, CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS BEFORE THEY PUT IN THEIR VIEWS TO THE SURVEY OFFICE.
Q: CLAUDIA MO (AFP), SIR, WHY DOESN'T HONG KONG GOVERNMENT KEEP PROPER EMIGRATION FIGURES? AND, SECOND QUESTION, DO YOU THINK THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY IN HONG KONG HAS BECOME OUR SHADOW GOVERNMENT?
A: THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE INTERRELATED BUT LET ME TRY TO ANSWER THEM. THE FIRST ONE- THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS, BECAUSE THERE IS NO CONTROL OVER MOVEMENT OUT OF HONG KONG. I FEEL SURE THAT PEOPLE HERE WOULD NOT WANT THERE TO BE THAT SORT OF CONTROL. SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS FIGURES FOR PEOPLE HOLDING VARIOUS HONG KONG DOCUMENTS, TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, LEAVING, AND YOU HAVE OTHER FIGURES FOR THOSE PEOPLE COMING BACK IN. BUT YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHETHER SOMEBODY LEAVING IS GOING FOR A TWO WEEK HOLIDAY TO BALI, FOR EDUCATION IN
NOR THE UNITED STATES AT UNIVERSITY, OR FOR LIFE TIME SETTLEMENT. DO 1 BELIEVE THAT WE, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, SHOULD BE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS. THAT WOULD BE FETTERING THE RIGHT OF MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE.
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CLAUDIA MO, CERTAINLY YOU CAN GET SUCH FIGURES FROM CONSULATES?
A: YOU CAN GET FROM CONSULATES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR VISAS. YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY TAKE UP THOSE VISAS AND USE THEM. SO THE FIGURES THAT COME FROM THE VARIOUS CONSULATES HERE ARE, THEMSELVES, ALSO NOT TOTALLY ACCURATE FOR WHO IS LEAVING THIS TERRITORY TEMPORARILY, OR WHO IS LEAVING PERMANENTLY.
THE SECOND QUESTION, IF I COULD GO ON TO THAT, WAS +IS THE NCNA BECOMING A SHADOW GOVERNMENT?+ NO.
Q: JANE HUTCHEON (RTHK), HAVING HEARD THE RECENT REMARKS OF CHINESE LEADERS INCLUDING DENG XIAO PING, CAN YOU SAY THAT CHINA'S VIEWS WILL NOT INFLUENCE OUR SHORT TERM FUTURE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT. EVEN IF THEIR STATED OPINIONS RUN CONTRARY TO WHAT HONG KONG VIEWS ARE ON THE GREEN PAPER?
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