FRIDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1989
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HONG KONG DETERMINED TO BUILD PROSPEROUS FUTURE: GOVERNOR
ABSOLUTELY IS
DETERMINED
WHATEVER PROSPEROUS
SIR
TO OVERCOME HONG KONG PROBLEMS. PAST AND FUTURE, AND BUILD UP THE TERRITORY AS A PLACE FOR THE LONG-TERM FUTURE; THAT IS THE MESSAGE THE GOVERNOR. DAVID WILSON, WILL PUT ACROSS DURING HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES.
(FRIDAY). TONIGHT SPEAKING то REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT DAVID SAID HE WANTED TO PUT ACROSS THIS MESSAGE AS WIDELY AS IN THE UNITED STATES,
SIR
POSSIBLE
OF THE MEMBERS
NEW * THE
OF PURPOSE
THE VISIT IS TO MEET ADINISTRATION. I'M SEEING THE SECRETARY OF STATE. MR BAKER, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
"I'M MEETING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER INFLUENTIAL IN WASHINGTON, HE SAID.
PEOPLE
WOULD BE ETHNIC
THE GOVERNOR SAID FROM THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL HE GOING TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO WHERE THERE WERE LARGE CHINESE COMMUNITIES WITH VERY CLOSE CONNECTIONS TO HONG KONG.
"I'LL BE PUTTING ACROSS THE SAME MESSAGE THERE COAST. HE SAID.
"
HE
CONVINCE
ON THE WEST
THE UNITED STATES ON ASKED IF
TRY TO WOULD
EXPLAIN THE MANDATORY REPATRIATION. SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD TRY TO WHOLE PROBLEM ABOUT VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.
"THE WAY IN WHICH IT'S CHANGED OVER THE LAST 10 SOME PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YEARS. WHICH
"IT'S CHANGED FROM GENUINE REFUGEES TO LONGER, MANY OF THEM, GENUINE REFUGEES.
PEOPLE
WHO ARE
NO
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THE INTERNATIONAL
AND OUR NEED TO FOLLOW THE LOGIC OF WHAT COMMUNITY HAS DECIDED, THAT IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO SCREEN AND FIND THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT REFUGEES. YOU MUST FIND A WAY TO SEND 'BACK TO VIETNAM, PEOPLE WHO ARE SCREENED OUT AS NOT BEING
HE SAID.
WOULD
HE SAID THE UNITED KINGDOM/HONG KONG TEAM ACROSS EXACTLY THE SAME MESSAGE IN A STEERING COMMITTEE INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES TO BE HELD IN GENEVA NEXT WEEK.
THEM HOMB REFUGEES,
"
BE PUTTING MEETING ON
TO THE UNITED THIS TIME HE IN HONG KONG CAME
COMMENTING ON A REFERENCE TO HIS LAST VISIT STATES WHEN THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED, SIR DAVID SAID WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY THAT ALL THE CORRECTIVE MEASURES HAD BEEN PUT PLACE AND THESE MEASURES HAD PROVED EFFECTIVE WHEN UNDER PRESSURE IN JUNE.
"SO THAT'S