WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23. 1989
POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS CONFIDENCE WELCOME: SIR DAVID
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR. SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY WEDNESDAY) SAID HE WELCOMED ANY SUGGESTION THAT WOULD MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG.
SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL SUMMER CAMP.
ASKED TO COMMENT ON U.S. CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN SOLARZ'S PROPOSAL ON AN INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE POLICY FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE. SIR DAVID SAID THAT IT CLEARLY WOULD PROVIDE 4 DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
"AND I CERTAINLY THINK IT'S A POSITIVE SUGGESTION AND ONE WHICH SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED." HE SAID.
ANY
"I THINK THE PROBLEM OF CONFIDENCE STILL REMAINS. I THINK THAT AS FAR AS THE FUTURE IS CONCERNED.
MEASURES SUCH AS THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UP
BUT
"THAT 13 WHY WE'VE BEEN PRESSING THE UK GOVERNMENT то COME WITH THEIR PACKAGE. I THINK THEY'VE STILL GOT TO TAKE THE LEAD.
GO TO THE WOULD WELCOME
"I AGREE WITH THE CONGRESSMAN THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD. IF THEY CAN PRESENT THEIR PACKAGE AND THEN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, I THINK EVERYONE IN HONG KONG THIS PROPOSAL. SIR DAVID SAID.
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ASKED WHETHER MR SOLARZ'S PROPOSAL WAS IN ANY THE BOAT PEOPLE ISSUE, SIR DAVID SAID THERE WAS BETWEEN THE TWO ISSUES.
WAY CONNECTED
NO
CONNECTION
WITH THE BOAT
"I DON'T SEE THAT IT IS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED
AND PEOPLE ISSUE.
I WOULD NOT AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE, OR IS, ANY CONNECTION AT ALL.
AN "THE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM IS
UNCONTROLLED FLOW OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE SEA TO SOMEWHERE WHICH DOESN'T WANT TO RECEIVE THEM.
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IMMIGRATION TO GO AND TOTALLY
'HOW ONE CAN POSSIBLY EVER EQUATE THAT TO A PROPER PROBLEM UNDER CONTROLLED CIRCUMSTANCES OF PEOPLE WHO WANT WANT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE OTHER END, SEEMS TO ME UNREALISTIC TO TRY TO COMPARE THE TWO." SIR DAVID SAID.
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