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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1990
DECISION ON CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS SHORTLY: FOREIGN SECRETARY
MR
HURD,
AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN
THAT SAID
THE DOUGLAS
TODAY (SATURDAY)
DECISION CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR HONG KONG IN 1991 SHOULD BE THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS WITHIN WEEKS.
ON
TAKEN BY
OF A KONG
AT REPORTERS
THE
AT SPEAKING TO
AIRPORT
START THE FOUR-DAY VISIT, MR HURD SAID THAT BESIDES SEEING AS MUCH OF HONG
TO EXPLAIN AND MEETING AS MANY PEOPLE AS HE COULD, HE HAD ALSO COME
THAT THE DECISIONS THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN AND TO PREPARE THOSE DECISIONS WERE STILL TO BE TAKEN.
"IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE HAVE TAKEN DECISIONS ON TWO MAIN PROBLEMS WHICH WERE FACING THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS TO SAY ON PASSPORTS AND ON BOAT PEOPLE.
THREE
CONSTITUTIONAL
"THE THIRD MAIN DECISION WHICH WE AND THE HONG KONG
ARRANGEMENTS FOR WILL HAVE TO TAKE, ON FOLLOW, I HOPE, WITHIN WEEKS," MR HURD SAID.
OF THE THAT
GOVERNMENT 1991, WILL
THE DECISIONS I'VE "WE SHALL TAKE OUR DECISIONS,
MENTIONED, YEARS, IN A COOL OTHER DECISIONS WHICH MAY COME UP IN THE NEXT FEW
THEN MAKING UP OTHER PEOPLE, BUT ΤΟ AND CONSIDERED WAY, LISTENING
THE
INTERESTS WHAT IS NEEDED IN OUR MINDS ON
FUTURE AND LONG-TERM
T HE ADDED. OF THIS AMAZING AND SUCCESSFUL TERRITORY,
MR HURD SAID THAT IN THE NEXT FEW SECRETARY WOULD BE WORKING MORE CLOSELY GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
YEARS THE BRITISH FOREIGN THAN EVER BEFORE WITH THE
TO HONG KONG
"AND OBVIOUSLY HE WILL DO THAT BEST IF HE COMES AND SEES THE PROBLEMS AND SUCCESSES FOR HIMSELF," HE SAID.
"DURING THIS VISIT I WILL BE SEEING AS MUCH AS TIME, AND MEETING AS MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN. I WILL BE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR AND HIS SENIOR OFFICIALS EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.
I CAN IN THE HAVING DETAILED AND WITH THE
4.
'I WANT
OPPORTUNITY
THE TAKE TO
——
CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY
ΤΟ
TALK 'TO A
WIDE
BUSINESSMEN, BANKERS, PROFESSIONAL IN THE STREET," MR HURD
PEOPLE AND, I HOPE, THE MAN AND THE WOMAN SAID.
THE
HONG BORDER ANI}
THE FOREIGN SECRETARY SAID HE HOPED TO SEE A GOOD DEAL OF
A HOUSING ESTATE, TOWN, NEW INCLUDING VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE CAMPS.
KONG
HE
A
PAYING
TRADE
WOULD ALSO BE
A VISIT TO THE BRITISH
AND ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON COMMISSION, TALKING TO LOCAL BUSINESSMEN HOSTED BY THE HONG KONG GENERAL AND BRITISH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
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