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TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1988
HONG KONG WOULD IN THE YEARS HAPPEN AND CHINA OBJECTED THE
IMMEDIATELY
MARK ROBERTT: YOU YOURSELF SAID IN 1984 THAT PROCEED TOWARDS REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AHEAD AND THEN WHEN THAT STARTED TO POSITION WAS REVERSED.
BEEN
HAS THE
SUBSTANTIAL BE TAKING CHANGES
SUBJECT SIR GEOFFREY: WELL I THINK, IF I MAY SAY SO, THIS
AND
IN DEBATED RIGHTLY
SUBSTANTIALLY
HONG KONG. WERE ENDORSED BY A RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WHITE PAPER
CHANGES THERE FORESHADOWED WILL MAJORITY OF LEGCO. THE PLACE AND I THINK THAT, AS I SAID YESTERDAY, NO DOUBT FURTHER
HEREAFTER. BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WILL TAKE PLACE DEPARTURE FROM THE PROSPECT OF GRADUAL SENSIBLE PACE IN FACE OF THE COMMITMENT IN THE AN ELECTED LEGISLATURE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
HAS BEEN ANY
CHANGE CONSTITUTIONAL
AT A JOINT DECLARATION TO
LIGHT HOW IT IS DONE IN THE
OF HONG KONG'S EXPERIENCE AND
ALL THE WAY, BUT HISTORY IS A MATTER FOR DETAILED CONSIDERATION
I
HAVE BEEN SIMPLY DO NOT ACCEPT THE IMPLICIT PROPOSITION OF WHAT YOU
OF FAITH SAYING THAT THERE HAS BEEN ANY BREACH
IT WHATSOEVER.
HAS BEEN A MATTER OF THE CLOSEST AND THE MOST CONTINUOUS CONSIDERATION
BY THE UK BY MYSELF AND THE GOVERNMENT, AND HERE IN HONG KONG
IS ENTIRELY GOVERNMENT, AND 1 THINK THE PATTERN OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN LINE WITH THE EXPECTATIONS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE HAD.
IN
THE
FANNY WONG: SIR, OMELCO MEMBERS HAVE ASKED A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION FOR OUR SHARING OF THE DEFENCE COSTS. TO SHOW THE HONG KONG PEOPLE THAT THE UK GOVERNMENT REMAINS TO BE FULLY COMMITTED TO THIS HONG KONG AND CARES ABOUT THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG, WOULD YOU TAKE VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT THEIR DEMANDS?
SIR GEOFFREY: I CAN SAY ON THIS OCCASION THAT AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE HAS BEEN REACHED ON AN ADJUSTMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF AND THOSE DEFENCE COSTS. IT IS NOW BEING PUT INTO DETAILED FINAL FORM THAT WILL BE REVEALED IN DUE COURSE.
BE FANNY WONG: WHEN POSSIBLY CAN WE EXPECT AN AGREEMENT TO PLACE THEN?
IN
ALREADY DESPATCH.
SIR GEOFFREY: WELL, AGREEMENT
BEEN REACHED.
AS
I SAY, IN IT WILL BE ACHIEVE]) WITH
PRINCIPLE,
HAS
ALL REASONABLE
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