GOVERNOR:
6
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1989
WAS
-
A IN
AT GENEVA, WELL THE POINT THAT I MADE IN MY SPEECH AND THE FOREIGN SECRETARY ALSO MADE AND THIS IS A PRACTICAL POINT-THAT WE CANNOT SIMPLY GO ON WITH THE SITUATION THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WHICH
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMING
AT IN TREMENDOUS RATE, EVERY DAY, WITHOUT ARRANGEMENTS PLACE FOR RE-SETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES, AND FOR REPATRIATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT REFUGEES. AND THAT'S A STRAIGHTFORWARD POINT OF FACT, A PRACTICAL POINT.
STUART PALLISTER (ATV):
DID MRS THATCHER OR SIR GEOFFREY INDICATE THEY WOULD GO REGARDING THE FLEXIBILITY ISSUE?
HOW FAR
GOVERNOR:
NO. NO. I WAS PRESSING FOR DEALING WITH ALL OF
WHO HOLD BRITISH PEOPLE
PASSPORTS HERE. ANSWER, AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, WAS THAT BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS POLITICALLY VERY DIFFICULT FOR
BUT
BUT THEM
THEY SAW ROOM FOR FLEXIBILITY. PRECISELY WHAT THAT FLEXIBILITY MIGHT BE.
NOT
THE
THERE THEY
KENNETH WONG
(RTHK):
THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE GIVEN STERN WARNINGS TO BUSINESS THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO MIND THEIR OWN AND NOT TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT CHINA. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT?
IN
GOVERNOR:
KENNETH WONG:
GOVERNOR:
BEEN
I HAVEN'T READ THE FULL EDITORIAL BECAUSE I'VE
BY AIR, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT WAS TRAVELLING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT. I MAY HAVE WRONG
GOT IT
THIS IS FROM THE CCTV.
THAT IT
NOW
I THOUGHT THAT WHAT HAD BEEN SAID WAS
WAS PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT FOR PEOPLE IN HONG KONG TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN CHINA CHINA, BUT THAT IF PEOPLE WERE TRAVELLING TO THEN THEY SHOULD OBEY THE LAWS OF CHINA.
MY CONCERN IS A HONG KONG CONCERN THAT IN HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD OBEY THE LAWS OF HONG KONG. IT'S PLAIN COMMONSENSE IF YOU'RE SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT YOU SHOULD OBSERVE THE LAWS OF THAT OTHER PLACE, WHEREVER IT IS.
QUESTION:
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, TO SAY THAT A LOT OF YOUR TRIP TO LONDON REGARD YOU AS A HONG
DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR PEOPLE HERE REGARDED YOU BEFORE
AS A WHITEHALL
MAN, AND NOW KONG MAN?
/GOVERNOR: