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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL I THINK THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS, INVESTMENT ON THE ONE HAND AND IMMIGRATION, SORRY, HAVE I GOT YOUR QUESTION ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
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STEVE VINES: I AM WONDERING WHETHER BRITAIN IS LOSING OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES WHICH OTHER COUNTRIES SEEM VERY ANXIOUS ΤΟ AVAIL THEMSELVES OF, FROM HONG KONG IMMIGRATION AND THE INVESTMENT THAT BRINGS WITH IT, IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES?
IT
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL I THINK THAT IT'S QUITE UNDERSTANDABLE THAT WE SHOULD BE IN THE POSITION THAT WE ARE AT; I MBAN WE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN SAY THAT WE ARE MISSING OUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU REALLY QUALIFY THAT; I MEAN THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE ALL OVER UNITED THE PLACE WHO MAY FIND IT ATTRACTIVE AND USEFUL TO COME TO THE KINGDOM. WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL DO DEPENDS ON A WHOLE RANGE OF DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN WE HAVE NEED OF RESETTLEMENT, THEN IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST THAT NOT HAD THOSE WHO WERE ABLE
CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE, BUT THE OVERALL WE ARE KEEN TO ACHIEVE RESETTLEMENT FOR PEOPLE AS IT MAY BE, INCLUDING OUR OWN COMMITMENT.
TO
OTHER AS SOME
IS EFFECT
THAT NECESSARY WHEREVER
ROUND
STEVE VINES: COULD I PUT THE QUESTION TO YOU ANOTHER WAY THEN? DO YOU THINK THAT IMMIGRANTS FROM HONG KONG WOULD HAVE A USEFUL ROLE TO PLAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM? THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ATTITUDE THAT OTHER GOVERNMENTS ARE TAKING AND THEY SEEM TO BE VERY KEEN IN FACT TO HAVE IMMIGRANTS FROM THIS PLACE.
LORD
GLENARTHUR:
PLAY
AS WELL,
WELL THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO COULD
A USEFUL ROLE I DARE SAY, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE REMAIN IN HONG KONG BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FUTURE HERE AND THAT HAS BEEN MADE PERFECTLY CLEAR THROUGHOUT.
ONE
LIKE TO ASK YOU I WOULD SANDY LI CHAU-WA (SING TAO JIH PAO):
UK THE
TO INTENDS ABOUT TAIWAN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT QUESTION
THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ORGANISE 10 ECONOMIC TOURS TO TAIWAN THE CLOSE TIES IN THE RELATIONSHIP BUT SUCH RAPID DEVELOPMENT CAN'T BE ΤΟ SEEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. IS IT THE RIGHT TIME FOR UK GOVERNMENT THINK THAT IT IS THE RIGHT TIME TO SHIFT THE HONG KONG BASE TO TAIWAN?
LORD
QUESTION.
GLENARTHUR: I AM NOT QUITE SURE
WHAT LIES
SANDY LI: IT IS PUBLISHED FROM THE NEWSPAPER.
BEHIND YOUR
VERY
WAS LORD GLENARTHUR:
I AM AFRAID IT COULD YOU SAY IT AGAIN?
WERE DRIVING INDISTINCT. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT POINT YOU
AT.
SANDY LI: THE TO TAIWAN..
UK INTENDS
TO
10 ORGANISE
ECONOMIC
TOURS
/LORD GLENARTHUR: