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THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1989
HK CAN RISE TO ANY CHALLENGE: SDA
HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO RISE TO ANY CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF
AND
OF ITS DETERMINATION
PEOPLE, RESILIENCE, RESOURCEFULNESS SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE
THE
IN TOKYO
MR LIAO WAS COMMENTING ON THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF RECENT ADDRESSED MEMBERS EVENTS IN CHINA ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WHEN HE OF THE JAPAN/HONG KONG SOCIETY AT A LUNCHEON MEETING.
"IN THE SHORT TERM, CONFIDENCE MAY BE RUFFLED.
KONG HONG
MAY FACE A
ROUGH
RIDE AND
WILL STABILISE AND HONG
TO
FROM RECOVER ABILITY
BUSINESS AS USUAL," HE
"BUT IN THE LONG TERM THE SITUATION
RECORD WITH
AND ITS IMPRESSIVE ADVERSITIES, SHOULD BE ABLE TO CARRY ON ITS
KONG,
SAID.
AND, THE
BRITISH
HONG AND
CONSIDERING URGENTLY WHAT FURTHER STEPS HONG KONG'S WAY OF LIFE AFTER 1997 AS ENSHRINED JOINT DECLARATION.
KONG GOVERNMENTS COULD BE TAKEN
IN THE
NOW
WERE TO PROTECT SINO-BRITISH
THE JOINT
RATIFIED DECLARATION,
ΤΟ CONTRIBUTED FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS WHICH HAVE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG WOULD BE MAINTAINED.
IN
THE 1985, ENSURES
THE STABILITY AND
FOR THE
NOTED THAT
AND PROCEDURES MR LIAO
THE PROSPECTS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION WOULD INEVITABLY BE AFFECTED.
"IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE NORMAL BUSINESS OF THE LIAISON GROUP IN THE CURRENTLY CONFUSING SITUATION.
"SOME DELAY IN THE PROGRESS OF WORK IS UNAVOIDABLE,"
JOINT
HE NOTED.
WERE
THE SECOND DRAFT MR LIAO WENT ON TO SAY THAT CONSULTATION ON OF THE BASIC LAW FOR HONG KONG HAD ALSO BEEN SUSPENDED AND THERE SUGGESTIONS TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR CONSULTATION FOR ONE YEAR.
CONSULTATION,
BE A
"THIS DELAY AND EXTENSION OF THE CONSULTATION PERIOD MAY
TIME FOR MORE
A BETTER BLESSING IN ITSELF, AS WITH BASIC LAW MAY BE PRODUCED, MR LIAO SAID.
"
OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT MR LIAO, A BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE LIAISON GROUP (JLG), SPOKE HIGHLY OF ITS HARD WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
HONG KONG'S
BEYOND 1997, IN PARTICULAR
"THE JLG RECOGNISED THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS ECONOMIC SAFEGUARDING HONG KONG'S ABILITY TO TRADE FREELY AND INDEPENDENTLY.
/HONG KONG