WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1989
GOVT SEEKS RETURN TO CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD. WEDNESDAY THAT HE BELIEVES THAT WITH
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OF BOTH HONG KONG AND CHINA, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PART THE FLEXIBLE AND CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO PROBLEMS CHARACTERISED THE HONG KONG/CHINA RELATIONSHIP SINCE THE THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION.
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"FOR OUR PART WE ARE DETERMINED TO DO EVERYTHING BRING THAT ABOUT," SIR DAVID SAID IN THE DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT THE EVENTS OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAD UNDERLINED THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR SYSTEM AND THAT OF CHINA. "INEVITABLY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA HAS COME UNDER STRAIN, HE ADDED.
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"BRITAIN AND CHINA ARE BOUND TOGETHER BY THE JOINT TO WORK FOR THE CONTINUING PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG AND BOTH SIDES HAVE DECLARED THEIR CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO THE FULL FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT AGREEMENT." SIR DAVID SAID.
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HE REAFFIRMED THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO ITS PART FULLY IN THE WORK OF IMPLEMENTING DECLARATION.
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"WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BUILD EVER-EXPANDING RANGE OF LINKS BETWEEN RONG NEIGHBOURS IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE.
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"THESE LINKS ARE MAKING AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH HONG KONG AND SOUTHERN CHINA. THEY OFFER PRAGMATIC EVIDENCE OF THE DETERMINATION OF ORDINARY PEOPLE, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER. TO WORK TOGETHER CONSTRUCTIVELY FOR THEIR MUTUAL BENEFIT, SIR DAVID SAID.
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ON THE BASIC LAW, SIR DAVID SAID IN SPITE OF INTERRUPTIONS то THE SECOND CONSULTATION EXERCISE, HONG KONG PEOPLE RESUMED THE DEBATE. AND A WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWS WAS EXPRESSED.
"AGAIN, POINTS MADE IN THIS CHAMBER IN MAY AND JUNE
CONTRIBUTED TO THAT DEBATE AND ASSISTED IN FOCUSSING PUBLIC ON KEY AREAS.
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"DISCUSSION BETWEEN NON-GOVERNMENT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHOWED THE WAY IN WHICH DIFFERENCES CAN, THROUGH CONSTRUCTIVE DEBATE, BE RECONCILED IN THE SEARCH FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE." SIR DAVID SAID, ADDING THAT IT WAS THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE WHOSE INTERESTS MUST BE SAFEGUARDED IN THE FINAL VERSION OF THE BASIC LAW.
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