WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1987
GREEN PAPER ON PEKING VISIT AGENDA
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING THAT THE GREEN PAPER EXERCISE WOULD BE AMONG A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES HE WOULD BE DISCUSSING WITH SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS DURING HIS THREE-DAY VISIT TO PEKING.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT, HE SAID THAT HE WOULD BE EXPLAINING TO THEM THAT "THE TIME FOR DECISIONS ON THAT HASN'T YET COME".
"I WILL EXPLAIN THAT WE HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT A VERY CAREFUL EXERCISE IN WHICH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS NOT BEEN PUSHING ANY PARTICULAR POINT OF VIEW.
"WE HAVE BEEN GENUINELY TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ARE, BOTH THOSE WHO NORMALLY EXPRESS THEM IN PUBLIC AND THE SO-CALLED SILENT MAJORITY," HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID THE TRIP TO PEKING, WHICH WAS FOLLOWING A PATTERN OF VISITS ESTABLISHED BY SIR EDWARD YOUDE WAS VERY IMPORTANT SO AS TO MAINTAIN "THIS SORT OF INFORMAL CONTACT WITH SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS".
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'I'VE BEEN INVITED BY VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ZHOU NAN. I EXPECT ALSO TO BE SEEING STATE COUNCILLOR JI PENGFEI, MR LI HOU (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE), MR LU PING (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE), AND AMBASSADOR KE ZAISHUO."
SIR DAVID SAID THAT WHILE THERE WAS NO SET AGENDA HE WOULD DISCUSSING A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES INVOLVING RELATIONS BETWEEN KONG AND CHINA AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
GOVERNOR WERE THE SENIOR MEMBER OF
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SEEING OFF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG; THE SENIOR MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN; THE DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR QIAO ZONGHUAI, AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD.
ON THE TRIP BY HIS PRIVATE OFF BY LADY WILSON AND
SIR DAVID, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED SECRETARY, MR RICHARD HOARE, WAS ALSO SEEN THEIR SON ANDREW.
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