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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1987
NOBODY
WAY
SECONDLY, AN IMPORTANT FACTOR, I THINK, IS THAT THERE'S IN HONG KONG WHO IS PRESSING FOR INDEPENDENCE OF HONG KONG IN THE
THAT SOME PEOPLE THAT, IF I UNDERSTAND THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS RIGHT, IN LHASA HAVE BEEN DOING. SO, PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, I THINK, WOULD A VERY GREAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND TIBET,
SKE
THE THE
IS REALLY "WHAT HAPPENS IF THE SECOND QUESTION, WHICH
ALL THAT POLITICAL SCENE IN PEKING CHANGES?" I HAVE NO DOUBT AT
TO THAT JOINT DECLARATION. LEADERSHIP IN PEKING IS FULLY COMMITTED
A GREAT DEAL OF THEY' 'VE PUT AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF EFFORT BEHIND IT, DEVOTION OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORT AND POLITICAL EFFORT, TO A SOLUTION THE HISTORICAL PROBLEM WHICH IS QUITE UNIQUE, AND I HAVE NO ALL THAT THEY WANT TO SEE IT CARRIED OUT AS IT IS LAID DECLARATION.
ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH
FOR DOUBT AT DOWN IN THAT
CAN, OF
COURSE,
DONE THAT'S THE
BB BUT AFFECTED, TO SOME EXTENT, BY POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN CHINA.
LIKE THE DISGRACE OF HU EVERY TIME THERE IS SOME SHIFT IN PEKING,
AT GREAT PAINS YAOBANG EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP IS
INTENDED TO TO EXPLAIN THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE AND THAT NO CHANGE IS THE POLICY ON HONG KONG, AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THAT.
THE MR MOLLISON: DOES THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN TRAVEL AMONG
IMPACT AT CHINESE ON TAIWAN AND THE CHINESE ON THE MAINLAND HAVE ANY ALL ON HONG KONG?
SIR DAVID: YES, SIR. HOTEL TRADE IS GOING TO DO VERY WELL.
(LAUGHTER.)
TRAFFIC COMING OF TRADE THAT GOES
SIR DAVID: THERE'S BOUND TO BE A GREAT DEAL OF THROUGH HONG KONG. THERE IS ALREADY A GOOD DEAL THROUGH HONG KONG, AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE. BUT THOSE THE ONLY TWO IMPACTS THAT I THINK IT'LL HAVE.
ARE
KONG BE WILLING TO
MR MOLLISON: WHAT CONCESSIONS MIGHT HONG MAKE TO PROTECTIONIST SENTIMENT IN THE UNITED STATES?
(LAUGHTER.)
SIR DAVID: THAT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY QUESTION, SIR.
(LAUGHTER.)
SIR DAVID: WE ARE NOT IN A
POSITION TO MAKE
CONCESSIONS UP NO BARRIERS;
CONCESSIONS
OR
WE
OTHERWISE. WE RUN A FREE TRADING SYSTEM. WE SET ARE NOT INTENDING TO SET UP ANY BARRIERS. SO THERE ARE NO IN THAT WAY.
/BUT BEHIND
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