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EVASIVE.
PERHAPS I AM THERE HAVE BEEN AND THAT IS WHY WE, IN OUR CONTACTS. BUT BEEN GOING
TO BE WELL, I MEAN, I AM NOT TRYING MISUNDERSTANDING THE POINT YOU ARE TRYING TO RAISE. EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN MADE RECENTLY HERE RESPONSE TO THOSE EXPRESSIONS, WE HAVE INTENSIFIED THE CONTACTS THAT HAVE INTENSIFIED ARE CONTACTS THAT HAVE ON FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
Q.
(MARGARET NG): LIKE THREE YEARS? OR TWO MONTHS OR FIVE WHAT SORT OF TIMING ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
4:
MONTHS?
IS NOT TO BE I CAN'T GIVE A PARTICULAR TIME BUT, I MEAN, IT SUPPOSED FOR A MOMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE REGULAR CONTACTS THROUGH OUR
WITH VIETNAM
THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT, AMBASSADOR IN CERTAINLY NOT MONTHS, IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
Q.
SO IT' IS
YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT CONTINUOUS GOVERNMENT. BESIDES CONTINUING CONTACT,
(KENNETH MAK, MING PAO): PRESSURE ON THE VIETNAMESE WHAT ARE THOSE PRESSURES?
A:.
Q.
SORRY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOURSELF? WHAT PRESSURES, WHO?
(KENNETH MAK): WELL, YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT CONTINUING
BESIDES CONTINUING
CONTACT,
PRESSURE WHAT
ON THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT, AND ARE THE CONCRETE SIGNS OF THE PRESSURE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT?
BY A:
SOMEBODY WAS A WORD THAT WAS USED WELL, I THINK 'PRESSURE'
THAT ELSE HERE BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS
DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS WITH
EXPRESSION OF THE VIETNAMESE OR ANYTHING ELSE, AMOUNTS TO AN
VIEWS, A PARTICULAR PROBLEM. STRONG VIEWS, ABOUT THE NEED TO TRY AND SOLVE NOW, IN THE CASE OF VIETNAM AND THE REFUGEES, OBVIOUSLY PART A VERY LARGE PART OF OUR EFFORTS AND CONCERNS AND VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES ON THAT WANT TO SEE IT RESOLVED AS MUCH AS YOU DO.
Q
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Q.
CONTACTS
OF OUR, WITH THE VERY ISSUE, BECAUSE WE
(KENNETH MAK) YOU MEAN, DIPLOMATIC CONTACT IS ENOUGH?
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WHAT SORT OF OTHER PRACTICAL THINGS ARE YOU SUGGESTING?
(CAROL BOGERT, NEWSWEEK): AS YOU MUST HAVE NOTICED, THERE IS AN AND TWO THAT YOU EMOTIONALLY CHARGED OVERLAP BETWEEN QUESTIONS ONE
AND THE VIETHNAMESE BROUGHT UP, NAMELY, HONG KONG'S SELF-GOVERNMENT
ARDENT REFUGEE QUESTION. YOU SAID IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT THE
SOME PART IN THE DESIRE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO HAVE TO TAKE
BRITAIN SOLUTION OF THIS REFUGEE QUESTION, THAT
REMAINS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG. DOES THAT MEAN THAT, UNDER ADMINISTRATION, THERE WILL BE NO ATTEMPT OR NO ALLOWANCE FOR THE KONG GOVERNMENT HERE, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OR OTHER PARTS OF THE ITS RELATIONS KONG GOVERNMENT, TO TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES?
YOUR
HONG
HONG WITH
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WELL,