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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1987
HONG KONG WOULD THEREFORE NOT BE SWALLOWED UP BY CHINA IN 1997, BUT DISTINCT, UNDER CHINA'S INSTEAD WOULD BE A PART OF CHINA, IMAGINATIVE CONCEPT OF "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS".
AND
IN PRESS COMMENTARIES CHINA'S COMMITMENT
SIR DAVID SAID GLOOMY VIEWS EXPRESSED AND POINTED TO WERE SURELY NOT JUSTIFIED, IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
TO
EFFORT AND NUMBROUS AND DISCUSSIONS NOW AS PART OF
CHINA HAD DEVOTED CONSIDERABLE TIME, OFFICIALS TO THE CONTINUOUS NEGOTIATIONS UNDERWAY
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP
THE IMPLEMENTATION.
TRAVEL AND COMMUNICATION, THE IN THE VITAL FIELDS OF TRADE,
ALREADY BRING IMPLEMENTED, HE JOINT DECLARATION'S PROVISIONS WERE
BEEN MADE IN DEALING WITH THE EMPHASISED. "AND A GOOD START HAS HUNDREDS OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS IN WHICH HONG KONG PARTICIPATES NOW AND WILL WISH TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE 1997.
AFTER
AND
OR
GROWTH
THE ECONOMY OF SIR DAVID ALSO REFERRED TO THE
EITHER UNDERWAY PROJECTS STRESSED
MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL THAT PLANNED REPRESENTED A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT STRETCHING BEYOND 1997.
AND SAID THE CONFIDENCE IS WITH
HE MENTIONED LARGE PRIVATE SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS, GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO "PUTTING ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MANY LARGE ROAD, TUNNEL AND NEW TOWN PROJECTS".
REFERRING TO POLITICAL REFORM, SIR DAVID TOLD THAT THIS WAS ANOTHER ASPECT THAT SOME OF THE WORLD'S TO HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD.
HIS AUDIENCE PRESS APPEARED
DEVELOPING ASPIRATIONS
HE EXPLAINED THAT FOR SOME YEARS HONG KONG HAD BEEN A MORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, TO SATISFY THE CHANGING
MORE SOPHISTICATED AND COSMOPOLITAN OF A BETTER EDUCATED AND EVER POPULATION.
THERE HAD BEEN SOMB THAT PROCESS WAS CONTINUING, AND WHILE
FOR RADICAL DEVIATION FROM THE LIVELY DEBATE, NO-ONE WAS CALLING FUNDAMENTAL POLICIES THAT HAD SERVED HONG KONG WELL, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID
SAID HONG KONG WAS
ΤΟ BUILD
ON THE STAKE IN ITS
SET FAIR ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST, AND BOTH WEST AND EAST HAD A SUCCESS.
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