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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1989
ON A QUESTION
ABOUT PROTECTIONS IN ENFORCING THE JOINT DECLARATION, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS A TREATY BETWEEN TWO MAJOR WORLD POWERS, AND REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS.
HE SAID CHINA HAD A "VERY GOOD TRACK RECORD INDEED" REGARDING INTERNATIONAL TREATIES.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE PERSONALLY BELIEVED THAT CHINA ATTACHED ENORMOUS IMPORTANCE TO ITS INTERNATIONAL WORD THAT IT WAS DETERMINED TO CARRY OUT WHAT IT AGREED TO DO IN THE JOINT DECLARATION.
ON THE DRITISH GOVERNMENT'S ROLE AFTER 1997 IN TERMS OF TRADE AND FINANCE, SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED THERE WOULD BE VERY SUBSTANTIAL UK ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT IN HONG KONG WELL AFTER 1997.
GOVERNOR TO RETURN TOMORROW
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STATES, AND
WILL
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, HAS CANCELLED HIS VISIT TO SAN FRANCISCO, THE LAST LEG OF HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED RETURN TO HONG KONG TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKE AND SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF FRANCISCO AND THE BAY AREA EARLY THIS WEEK AND OUT OF FRANCISCO WITH THE PREOCCUPATION OF THE PEOPLE OF SAN REPAIRING THE DAMAGE AND RESTORING THE CITY TO NORMAL, HAS DECIDED WITH GREAT REGRET THAT IT PROCEED WITH HIS PLANNED VISIT AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
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LIFE IN SAN DEFERENCE то THE
OF TASK THE GOVERNOR APPROPRIATE
TO
SIR DAVID REACHED THIS DECISION TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PROGRAMME IN DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN COMPLETING HIS SCHEDULED VISIT CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
HE MADE THIS DECISION WITH GREAT SADNESS AT MISSING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A CITY WITH WHICH HONG KONG HAS CLOSE AND LONG STANDING TIES, AND WHERE IT HAS MANY FRIENDS.
THE GOVERNOR WOULD VERY MUCH HOPE TO BE ABLE TO REINSTATE VISIT TO SAN FRANCISCO IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND LADY WILSON WILL RETURN HONG KONG BY FLIGHT NO. CX 801 AT ABOUT 8.10 PM TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
COVER MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO
THE GOVERNOR'S ARRIVAL ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS ROOM BY 7.30 PM.
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