SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1987
THE
AND EVEN
GOOD DEAL
TO
SIR DAVID: FOR A LAST QUESTION, THAT'S A MARVELOUSLY BROAD ONE. (LAUGHTER). LET ME JUST LIST A FEW OF THEM WITHOUT GOING INTO IT IN
TREATY EXISTENCE OF THE SORT OF LONG LECTURE. FIRST OF ALL IS
PEOPLE WHO ARRANGEMENT ITSELF, THE JOINT DECLARATION. THERE ARE SOME
AGREEMENTS,
IF AN ARE SKEPTICAL
INTERNATIONAL ABOUT
THE UNITED INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT IS LEGALLY BINDING, REGISTERED IN
MORE THAN THE PAPER NATIONS, THEY SAY WHAT'S IT WORTH? IS IT WORTH
ARE IT'S WRITTEN ON? I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S WORTH A LOT. THERE AGREEMENTS. INTERNATIONAL
BUT EXAMPLE IN HISTORY OF PEOPLE BREAKING
DAMAGE TO COUNTRIES DO IT VERY RELUCTANTLY INDEED. IT IS OF ENORMOUS
KEEPING THEIR REPUTATION. CHINA HAS A REMARKABLY GOOD REPUTATION FOR
SINCE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS. I DON'T KNOW ANY CASE IN WHICH CHINA, 1949, HAS BROKEN AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT. SO I ATTACH A OF WEIGHT TO THAT. SECONDLY, I WOULD ATTACH A GREAT DEAL OF WEIGHT THE VALUE TO CHINA OF HONG KONG, A SUCCESSFUL HONG KONG. IT'S VALUABLE IN A TRADING SENSE. A GOOD DEAL OF FOREIGN IN TWO WAYS, ONE IS
KONG. HONG THROUGH
HONG KONG CAN PROVIDE EXCHANGE IS BARNED
FOR THE PROCESS OF MODERNISATION GOOD DEAL OF SUPPORT CAPITAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SKILLS, THE ACCESS TO WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE BE HARDER TO ATTAIN, AND
SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF HONG KONG AND THE DECLARATION COULD BE SEEN AS A POSSIBLE MODEL
CHINESE LEADERSHIP. TOO IS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE CHINA IS A CONCEPT TO WHICH THEY ATTACH A GREAT NOW THAT'S JUST SELECTING A FEW THINGS OUT OF WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE
ARE VERY GOOD REASONS AN HOUR LONG LECTURE. BUT I THINK THERE CONFIDENCE IN THE FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT.
A OF CHINA, A WESTERN WORLD THIRDLY, THE EXAMPLE THE JOINT FOR TAIWAN, AND THAT RE-UNIFICATION OF DEAL OF IMPORTANCE.
QUESTIONER: ONE LAST QUESTION. (LAUGHTER).
OF
BE
FOR
SIR DAVID: THE THIRD LAST QUESTION OF THE DAY.
AGREEMENT EXAMPLE
THE ABOUT
USE THE
AND BETWEEN CHINA OF THE TREATMENT OF YOU ELABORATE ON
QUESTIONER: WE TALK HONG KONG, SOMETIMES PEOPLE (TIBET?) CHINA MAKES AS A WORRISOME EXAMPLE. COULD THAT?
SIR DAVID:
SORRY, I'M
BETWEEN
I
TO HAVE
HONG
REGISTERED
YOU PUT
THE
ON RIGHT BETWEEN BRITAIN BACKGROUND, IF I MAY. FIRST OF ALL, THE AGREEMENT IS
THE KONG AND CHINA. SECONDLY, AND CHINA, IT'S NOT
A LEGALLY BINDING SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT IS AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY,
AT
THERE IS THE UNITED NATIONS. INTERNATIONAL TREATY
SAY TIBET IS NOTHING OF THAT SORT RELATING TO THAT. LASTLY, I WOULD VERY DIFFERENT INDEED FROM HONG KONG, INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT IN GREAT DETAIL AND I'VE JUST SAID WHY I THINK IT WILL
1 KNOW THAT KONG, IN HONG THERE IS NOBODY
KONG IN THE WAY
BEEN PEOPLE HAVE
FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF HONG
ARE
REPORTERS
RIGHT,
INDEPENDENCE OF TIBET.
THERE
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE THIS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, BE FULFILLED; AND SECONDLY, ARGUING WHO IS OF,
NEWSPAPER THAT, IF
IN
FOR LHASA
QUESTIONER: SIR DAVID, ARE YOU GOING TO DISTANCE YOUR SOOTHSAYER NOW? (LAUGHTER).
THE
OFFICIAL
OTHER WAY OF THING DOESN'T DO IT
SIR DAVID: OR PROMOTE HIM UPWARDS, WHICH IS THE MAKING SURE THAT SOMEBODY WHO'S DONE THE WRONG AGAIN. (LAUGHTER). SADLY, I DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL SOOTHSAYER.
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