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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1990
GOVERNOR TO TELL. PEKING OF HK'S CONCERNS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THE PURPOSE OF HIS VISIT TO PEKENG IS TO GET ACROSS TO CHINESE OFFICIALS THE CONCERNS IN HONG KONG,
IN
HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING
AND TRY ΤΟ HONG KONG, HOW DEVELOPMENT WAS GOING ON IN THE TERRITORY
OF CONFIDENCE BETWEEN RE-ESTABLISH SOME DEGREE
OURSELVES AND THE PEOPLE IN PEKING WHO WERE INVOLVED IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS.
WE COULD MANAGE IT WOULD BE
HE HOPED THAT WITH RE-ESTABLISHED CONFIDENCE THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE ADVANTAGE OF HONG KONG AND THAT AN EASIER RELATIONSHIP THAN IT HAD BEEN OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
WHEN
SIR DAVID SAID ONE OF THE SUBJECTS HE WOULD BE COVERING MEETING THE CHINESE LEADERS WAS THE QUESTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING ITS PACE AND KONG PEOPLE.
THE VIEWS OF HONG
SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS NORTH DISTRICT.
AFTER
HIS VISIT TO THE
WAS
ON THE BASIC LAW, THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE
POINTS, INCLUDING THE ABOUT ONE OR TWO
EXTENT TO LEGISLATURE SHOULD HAVE DIRECT ELECTIONS.
STILL WHICH
ARGUMENT THE NEW
ON DISCUSSING TO ACHIEVE A
"I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE GOT' ΤΟ GO WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRAFTING THE BASIC LAW, TO TRY BASIC LAW WHICH MATCHES THE NEEDS AND THE WISHES OF THE MAIN STREAM OF OPINION IN HONG KONG,' HE SAID.
PACKAGE ASKED IF HE WOULD RAISE THE SUBJECT OF THE NATIONALITY
SOMETHING HE WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS CERTAINLY
THAT THE WOULD BE VERY WILLING TO EXPLAIN TO THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP,
WHICH HAD BEEN OBJECTIVE OF THE PACKAGE
PROPOSED BY THE BRITISH KEEP PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT WAS TO
HONG KONG SO THAT THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE TO HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY.
"I SHOULD BE VERY HAPPY AND WELLING TO EXPLAIN ΤΟ CHINESE LEADERS IF THEY ASK ME ABOUT IT," SIR DAVID SAID.
VISIT ΤΟ
ESSENTIALLY
HEAR ABOUT
ON THE COMING
HONG KONG BY THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY, THE GOVERNOR SAID MR HURD WOULD BE COMING HERE TO SEE HONG KONG FOR HIMSELF, TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE, AND TO PEOPLE'S CONCERNS.
**THAT WILL BE THE OBJECTIVE OF HIS VISIT RATHER MAKING ANY ANNOUNCEMENT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, HE ADDED.
THAN HIM
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