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FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1989
TRIONA HOLDEN:
CAN I JUST ASK YOU, AS WELL, HERE IN
LIKELY YOU GOT STUDENTS COMING FROM CHINA, WHICH IS
OVER THE TO HAPPEN
NEXT FEW MONTHS, FILTERING WILL THROUGH AND ASKING FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM, WHAT YOU DO WITH THEM?
HONG KONG
IF
GOVERNOR:
AT
ALL MOMENT WE'VE HAD NO CHANGE AT THE PATTERN OF ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO HONG KONG FROM IT'S
IF WE GET BEEN ABSOLUTELY NORMAL. CASES WHICH REQUIRE SPECIAL ATTENTION, THEN WE WITH EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALLY.
IN THE CHINA. INDIVIDUAL
DEAL
TRIONA
DO YOU HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS HOLDEN:
BECAUSE IT IS LIKELY, ISN'T IT?
FOR THAT HAPPENING?
GOVERNOR:
I
IS THE PLANS FROM
NOT, DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S LIKELY OR HONEST
WE HAVE ANSWER TO THAT.
CONTINGENCY FOR DEALING WITH AN INCREASED INFLUX OF PEOPLE CHINA. WE ALWAYS HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR DEALING WITH INCREASES IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. EMPHASISE THE POINT, IF THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL CASES, THEN THEY'RE DEALT WITH INDIVIDUALLY.
BUT I
JEFF SIMMS (ABC TV):
WAS SIGNED.
THE BASIC LAW TALKS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. MORE CALLS FOR GREATER DEMOCRACY HERE. TODAY'S PAPER SHOWS THAT CONFIDENCE IS AT ITS LOWEST
ΤΟ WHAT CAN YOU DO AGREEMENT SOME CONFIDENCE IN THE PLACE?
THERE ARE
SINCE THE
RESTORE
GOVERNOR:
OF
PEOPLE;
THIS
·
THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE BY A LOT DOESN'T DEPEND SOLELY ON THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG.
WORK
TO
THE RESTORE THERE'S
TO BE DONE BY CHINA DAMAGE THAT'S BEEN DONE TO CONFIDENCE IN HONG AND THERE HAS BEEN DAMAGE TO CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE BY PRACTICAL BRITAIN TO HELP RESTORE CONFIDENCE HERE;
THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE BY ALL MEASURE OF SUPPORT.
GOVERNMENT AND OF US HERE, AND BY THAT I MEAN THE
DIFFICULT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A VERY THE COMMUNITY.
HONG TIME: WE'RE STILL IN A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN
TOGETHER, KONG. IT'S A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO WORK
WE WHEN
AND THAT'S NEED UNITY IN THIS COMMUNITY,
OF SOMETHING FOR
QUESTION ALL OF US. IT'S NOT A SOMETHING SIMPLY FOR THE GOVERNOR, SOMETHING FOR THE GOVERNMENT, IT'S FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
JEFF SIMMS:
-
HAVING LIVED HERE A NUMBER IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YEARS AGO THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, PEOPLE ARE PREPARED JUST TO LOOK AT THE SHORT TERM, THE TWO
TO FIVE YEAR
MANY PEOPLE SEEM TURN AROUND. THROWN THE TOWEL IN.
OF
NOT
ΤΟ
HAVE
/GOVERNOR: