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FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1990
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GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT ONE POINT HE WAS TRYING то GET ACROSS IN HIS TALKS WITH CHINESE LEADERS WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROSPERITY, NOT JUST то HONG KONG BUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT PROSPERITY MADE TO CHINA.
"THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DISCUSSED WITH PRIME MINISTER, MR LI PENG, AND HE WAS VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE ROLE THAT HONG KONG PLAYS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA AND VICE VERSA OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS WORKS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, HE SAID.
" I. WAS ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE POLITICAL STABILITY IN HONG KONG.
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QUESTION OF DEMOCRACY AND
"THAT MEANS EVOLVING THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN A WAY THAT CREATES STABILITY AND CREATES A SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY HAVE A CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE TO THE PROGRESS OF THAT SOCIETY, THE GOVERNOR
SAID.
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HE SAID MR LI WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF INTER-RELATIONSHIP OF THE ECONOMY BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA AND CLEARLY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO CHINA AS WELL AS HỒNG HÙNG.
IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION, SIR DAVID SAID NOBODY SUGGESTED TO HIM IN HIS TALKS THAT DEMONSTRATIONS IN HONG KONG SHOULD BE PUT TO AN END.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE TOUCHED VERY BRIEFLY ON THE QUESTION WHICH THEY HAD SPOKEN ABOUT A GOOD DEAL. RECENTLY IN PUBLIC, AND THAT WAS THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG AS A BASE FOR SUBVERSION AGAINST CHINA.
1 SAID TO THEM TWO THINGS, ONE IS WE HAVE NO WISH THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BE A BASE FOR SUBVERSION AGAINST CHINA. SECONDLY WE ATTACH A GREAT DEAL OF IMPORTANCE TO THE FREEDOMS OF PEOPLE OF HONG KONG то OPERATE UNDER THE LAW AND WE ARE DETERMINED THAT THOSE FREEDOMS SHOULD CONTINUE, HE SAID.
"THERE WAS NO CHALLENGE TO THAT VIEW, SIR DAVID ADDED.
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WERE MET ON THEIR ARRIVAL BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD.
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