15
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987
PARTICULAR
WHEN
"A CHANGE AWAY FROM ESTABLISHED PRACTICES, IN
VERY THESE DO TOUCH
DIRECTLY ON NATIONAL POLITICAL SENSIBILITIES ELSEWHERE, IN ITSELF MIGHT BE SEEN AS A DELIBERATE ACT INTENDED TO PREJUDICIAL TO GOOD RELATIONS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THE NEED FOR LOGICAL RESULT CHANGE IS IMPOSED FROM THE OUTSIDE, IS JUSTIFIED AS A
WHICH NEW CIRCUMSTANCES, OR
HAS OF INTERVENING DEVELOPMENTS AND
NO
INHERENT HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES, HE SAID.
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NOT
MR SOHMEN SAID: "AFTER ALL, IN THIS CONTEXT WE ARE DEALING
ARE OBVIOUSLY, ONLY WITH THE DOMESTIC PERCEPTION OF WHAT EXPRESSIONS
PREJUDICIAL BUT HAVE ΤΟ FACE THE OR POSSIBLY, PREJUDICIAL OR NOT
PUT OR MISINTERPRETATION
UPON POSSIBILITY THAT THE INTERPRETATION - THEM EXTERNALLY COULD GIVE RISE TO UNWANTED FRICTION.
IN CHINA, "WE SHOULD OF COURSE BEAR IN MIND THAT THE REACTIONS,
DEFENSIVE, AND THAT TO COMMENT FROM ABROAD HAVE OF LATE BECOME LESS
HAVE LED NOT ONLY TO OPEN-DOOR POLICIES
GREATER THE COUNTRY'S
EXISTENCE CONFIDENCE AT HOME BUT ALSO TO A BETTER RECOGNITION OF THE
THE INTRINSIC OF MANY DIFFERENT VIEWS AND APPROACHES AND A BELIEF IN VALUE OF CRITICISM IN OTHER PLACE.'
"
THAT
SIGNALS TO THE EFFECT
REGARDS COMMENT FROM HONG IN HONG KONG'S BEST INTERESTS SUCH ACCEPTANCE OR CHANGE
HOWEVER, IN THE ABSENCE OF CLEAR TOLERANCE WAS UNLIMITED, PARTICULARLY AS KONG, IT WOULD NOT APPEAR TO BE PROVOCATIVELY TEST THE BOUNDARIES OF ATTITUDES, HE SAID.
ΤΟ
IN
VR RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES
*SYMPATHETIC" TO HK
FROM JEAFFRESON,
MORE HONG
MADE VIGOROUS VIETNAMESE KONG, TOLD
THE
THE
BOTH THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS HAVE EFFORTS TO PERSUADE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT REFUGEES PARTICULARLY THE
SECURITY,
LONG-STAYERS
THE
HON DAVID
SECRETARY FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN HIS FIRST SIX-MONTH VIETNAMESE REFUGEES PROGRESS THE COUNCIL, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD
FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER PARALLEL APPROACHES TO RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO LOBBY FOR RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR HONG KONG'S REFUGEES.
REPORT TO
ASKED THE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL
"THE UNHCR HAVE AGREED TO TREAT LONG-STAYERS IN HONG KONG AS PRIORITY IN THEIR RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS,
HE SAID.
A
/IN HONG KONG,