WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989
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KONG HE ADDED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE YANG YANG INCIDENT, HONG PEOPLE WERE WORRIED THAT AFTER 1997, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT MIGHT LAW AND ACCUSE THE UNILATERALLY INTERPRET A PROVISION IN THE BASIC
THAT IT,
AS AND USE
SAR
GOVERNMENT
OF HAVING CONTRAVENED JUSTIFICATION FOR ITS OWN BREACHES OF THE BASIC LAW.
WAS THAT
ONE LESSON HONG KONG HAD LEARNT KEEP OR BREAK AN AGREEMENT AS IT PLEASED.
CHINA WOULD MAKE,
HONG KONG TURNING TO THE BASIC LAW, MR LEE SAID THE PEOPLE OF
BE STATIONED IN THE WOULD NOT LIKE THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY TO
DONE HONG KONG SAR AFTER SEEING ON TELEVISION WHAT THOSE TROOPS HAD TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
THEY
LIKE THEIR CHIEF WOULD
EXECUTIVE TO BE
THE GIVEN SAR ΤΟ BE IN A EXCLUSIVE POWER OF DECIDING WHETHER TO DECLARE THE
ΤΟ SEE THE POWER OF STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE
BE
ΤΟ DELEGATED
AND BE INTERPRETING THE BASIC LAW TO
EXCLUSIVELY THESE SO THAT
VERY EXERCISED BY THE COURTS OF THE POWERS WOULD NOT BE EXERCISED IN PEKING.
SAR,
IMPORTANT
POLICY SPEECH OFFERS VISION FOR FUTURE
THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS HAS OFFERED HONG KONG A VISION WITH WHICH THE TERRITORY CAN IDENTIFY
A VISION WHICH IS BOTH THOUGHTFUL AND COURAGEOUS, THE HON DAVID LI SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE POLICY SPEECH ALSO OFFERED FOCUS AND HOPE, MR LI SAID IN
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DURING THE POLICY DEBATE.
HE SAID THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY WELCOMED THE GOVERNOR'S SENSE OF VISION, ADDING THAT CERTAINLY THERE WOULD BE OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS THE DANGER. OF INFLATION. BUT THIS COULD BE GUARDED AGAINST BY PHASING IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OVER TIME AND BY CLOSE FINANCIAL CONTROL.
HE SAID THERE WAS ALSO CONCERN ABOUT THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROGRAMME. "HERE, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IS VITAL, HE NOTED.
M
"THE ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST BE INVITED то PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROJECTS. BIDDING MUST BE OPEN TO ALL. THIS WILL REINFORCE HONG KONG'S ROLE AS A FREE MARKET AND AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE, HE SAID.
to
THIS WOULD ALSO ENSURE THAT THE PROJECTS WERE BEST CONTRACTORS, DEVELOPERS AND OPERATORS, HE ADDED.
HANDLED BY THE
/MR LI ....