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TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1990
MR
EXPRESSIONS OF
TO GIVE
THE THIS
I'VE HAD MANY HURD: YES, IT HAS HELPED.
I WOULDN'T LIKE VIEW. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN UNANIMOUS : IMPRESSION THAT EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD FROM HONG KONG CHINESE ON
TO YESTERDAY SUBJECT BAS BEEN UNANIMOUS. AT THE JOINT BOARD I WENT
THIS ON
PARTICULAR AFTERNOON, THERE WAS QUITE A DIVISION OF VIEW
VIEW
THE SUBJECT.
BACKING BUT
THERE IS A VERY STRONG CERTAINLY.
WHAT OMELCO CONSENSUS, AS YOU SAY. WHAT WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH IS. AT
CLEARLY MOST LEVEL AND IN WHAT WAY WE CAN START THE PROCEDURE WHICH
KONG IN PEOPLE HERE WANT, FOR A STRONG START FOR DEMOCRACY IN HONG
INCREASE TO THE 1991. HOW WE CAN BEST START THAT AND MAXIMISE AND
CONTINUING AND
GREATEST POSSIBLE DEVELOPING UP TO AND BEYOND 1997.
EXTENT THE
PROSPECT
OF
THAT
LEAVING THEY'VE
SARAH HELM (THE INDEPENDENT): YOU'VE SAID THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE URGED THE COURSE OF MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT JUST FOR 1991, AND THE REST UP IN THE AIR. CAN YOU SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE AND WHO BEEN.
WELL,
POINT HAD MR HURD:
NO.
I DIDN'T SAY MANY PEOPLE, I SAID THE
WHOM. BUT CERTAINLY BEEN PUT TO ME - AND I CAN'T ACTUALLY REMEMBER BY I DO REMEMBER, I THINK IN THE COURSE OF TODAY, IT BEING SAID:
BUT WE HAVEN'T WHY DON'T YOU JUST MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1991?
YOU THE REACHED A CONCLUSION ABOUT THAT AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE ANSWER IN
TO YOUR IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS A FAVOURED OPTION, BUT
YET COLLEAGUE I SAID, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS AN OPTION WHICH WE HAVEN'T AS EXCLUDED.
BE
PAUL HARRINGTON (HR STANDARD): MR HURD, YOU HAVE SAID IT POSSIBLE FOR BRITAIN TO MAKE A UNILATERAL DECISION ON THE PACK
REFORMS
UP UNTIL FOR DEMOCRATIC
1991.
WHEN DO YOU THINK DECISIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR BRITAIN, CONCERNING HONG KONG
MAY
OF
SUCH
MR HURD: WELL. IT WOULD ALWAYS BE POSSIBLE TO DO THAT. POSSIBILITY, OF COURSE, EXISTS AND WE MAY WELL HAVE TO EXERCISE IT.
LOUIS
THAT
PEOPLE PROTECTION IN
TING (HK ECONOMIC TIMES): DO YOU THINK THAT THE INCLUDED IN THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE HAVE THE CONSULAR HONG KONG AFTER 1997? THE FIRST QUESTION.
MR HURD: YES.
THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION IS,
YES.
LOUIS
UNDER SHOULD
19:
TING:
THE BILL OF ACCORDING TO
NOW RIGHTS DRAFTING IN HONG KONG, DO YOU THINK THAT THE BILL OF RIGHTS
OTHER AND THE OVERRIDE ALL THE OTHER ORDINANCES IN HONG KONG?
RESPONSIBILITY YOU HAVE SAID THAT HONG KONG HAS SHOULDERED A VERY BIG
GOVERNMENT ON THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE ISSUE. DO YOU THINK THE BRITISH
VIETNAMESE REFUGEE SHOULD PAY ALL THE EXPENSES IN DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG?
/MR HURD: