N

NOW THE VOLUNTARY

то NOT то DISAGREEMENT

UNLIKELY

FOUND

NOWHERE

PROGRAMME OF REPATRIATION SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THOSE WHO HAVING BEEN

VIETNAM. BE REFUGEES MUST GO BACK TO AMONG THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ON

EXERCISE REPATRIATION BUT THE FOR THEM TO GO.

WE CLEARLY NEED TO IT'S THE ONLY HUMANE ANSWER.

ELSE

ALONE IS MOST SCREENED ARE

IS THERE

NO THIS. THERE IS MUST GET IT FULL RIGHT WITH THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT AND WE'D PREFER TO HAVE THE

NOW I KNOW THAT PATIENCE IS SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

THIS TRAGIC WEARING THIN, BUT THE AIM MUST BE A LASTING SOLUTION TO PROBLEM AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON, URGENTLY.

SUCCEED.

OF THE WITH SENIOR LEADERS YESTERDAY AFTER MY DISCUSSIONS

A NEW "THIS IS THE BEGINNING PHRASE WAS USED: COMMUNITY. THIS

THE COURSE OF THESE TWO DAYS PARTNERSHIP" WE'VE TALKED TOGETHER, IN

THIS I'M PROUD TO BELONG TO MOST THE

FRIENDLY AND OPEN WAY.

TERM PARTNERSHIP. OUR FIRST TASK IS TO BUILD SECURELY FOR THE

FUTURE. WE HAVE FAITH IN HONG KONG'S LONG TERM FUTURE FOR HONG KONG. THANK YOU.

IN

LONG

ON, SAY, COULD YOU GIVE US SOME ROUGH IDEA CLAUDIA MO (AFP):

HEAR SOMETHING CONCRETE AS TO WHEN WE CAN SOME SORT OF TIME FRAME FROM LONDON ON THE PASSPORT ISSUE?

CONCRETE

ANSWER. WE

ARE

MR MAUDE: WELL, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A WORKING ON IT VERY HARD AND WE HOPE TO HAVE AN ANSWER BEFORE LONG. BUT IT WILL BE A LITTLE TIME YET.

CLAUDIA MO: HOW LONG?

MR MAUDE: AND IT WON'T BE NEXT WEEK.

CLAUDIA MO: A COUPLE OF MONTHS?

MR MAUDE: IT WON'T BE

HOW LONG?

CLAUDIA MO:

SEVERAL MONTHS?

MR MAUDE : VERY QUICKLY EITHER.

NO, IT WON'T BE SEVERAL MONTHS.

BUT

IT WON'T

BE

KONG.

MR MAUDE, RADIO): TONY FLORES (COMMERCIAL

TAKE THE LEAD IN SOLVING THE CONFIDENCE CRISIS IN CHINA SHOULD

CAN YOU GIVE US SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES? WHAT WILL BRITAIN DO?

YOU

HAVE

SAID

HONG

MR MAUDE: AT WHAT BRITAIN CAN DO?

TONY FLORES:

YES.

WELL,

I THINK

ISSUE

ANSWER BEST

CONCERN CONCERNS CONCERNS

LAW.

WE

I

BASIC IS THE

ON THE BASIC LAW TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, SO CAN BE ASSIMILATED INTO THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE

QUIETLY, PERSUASIVELY AND

THINK OUR MAIN ROLE IS ACTUALLY, FIRMLY, TO PUT FORWARD HONG KONG'S INTERESTS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS THE CHINESE.

THE NATIONALITY MR

THERE'S CLEARLY MAUDE:

SAY. WE ARE WORKING ON WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT ONE. AND AS I

ANOTHER WE

ON CAN

THAT. THAT TO PROVIDE THE

TO PUT HONG ARE CONCERNED

MAJOR KONG'S THAT THOSE BASIC LAW.

AND

WITH

/SALLY BLYTH (RTHK):

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