SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1989
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ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN HONG KONG GOVERNOR
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THERE IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN HONG KONG FROM PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THERE IS AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SYMPATHY FOR AND WILLINGNESS TO TRY TO HELP THE TERRITORY. THE GOVERNOR. SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY SATURDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS RETURN FROM A WEEK- LONG VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. THE GOVERNOR SAID HIS VISIT WAS ΤΟ PUT ACROSS VARIOUS MESSAGES ABOUT HONG KONG.
"THE KEY ONE WAS, THAT ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD OUR FAIR SHARE TROUBLES. INDEED MORE THAN OUR FAIR SHARE, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST PICK OURSELVES UP AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DETERMINED TO DO.
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"WE'VE GOT MAJOR PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE AND WE WANT THESE BE ONES WHICH OTHER PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN AS WELL. THAT WE WELCOME FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE BIG PROJECTS WE'VE GOT AIRPORT AND THE PORT. AND THAT VERY MUCH INCLUDES INVESTMENTS, SIR DAVID SAID.
"I WAS ALSO DEALING. OF COURSE, WITH THE QUESTION OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AND EXPLAINING THE BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEM WE FACE AND THE WAY THAT WE THINK IT'S RIGHT TO TACKLE IT," HE ADDED.
THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT WHEN HE WAS IN THE UNITED
UNITED STATES PREVIOUSLY IN AUTUMN TWO YEARS AGO. PEOPLE WERE CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN HONG KONG.
"I FOUND THEM EVEN MORE INTERESTED THIS TIME. BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS IN CHINA. I THINK THERE IS A GREATER CONCENTRATION OF INTERESTS NOT JUST IN CHINA, BUT IN OUR AFFAIRS, SIR DAVID SAID.
"AND AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SYMPATHY FOR AND WILLINGNESS TO TRY HELP HONG KONG. EVERYBODY I SAW. ADMINISTRATION, PEOPLE IN CONGRESS, PEOPLE IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY AS WELL. HE ADDED.
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ASKED ABOUT THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA ON THE REPATRIATION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA, SIR DAVID SAID THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON WHILE HE HAD BEEN AWAY.
"WE'VE BEEN WORKING AWAY STEADILY WITH THE CHINESE THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS. THROUGH OUR OWN CONTACTS HERE, TO TRY TO RESTORE THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WERE FIRST REACHED IN THE MID-1970'S AND GET BACK TO NORMAL FOR THE REGULAR RETURN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, HE SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR ADDED THAT HE HOPED IT COULD BE RESOLVED AS SOON AS IT POSSIBLY COULD BE.
TURNING ΤΟ THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, SIR DAVID "WHAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME WAS TO PUT ACROSS OUR VIEWS AND THE BACKGROUND TO IT.
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