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TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1990
CONSULTATION ON BILL OF RIGHTS TO BEGIN
THE GOVERNMENT WILL PUBLISH A WHITE BILL FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON A BILL OF RIGHTS A WEEK ON FRIDAY (MARCH 16), THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER ATTENDING A MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID SAID THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE WOULD LAST FOR TWO MONTHS.
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THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WOULD BE SAYING THIS TO BRITISH MINISTERS WHEN HE VISITS LONDON THIS WEEK.
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS ONE OF HIS REGULAR VISITS TO LONDON WHICH WAS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH MINISTERS THERE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE UP-TO-DATE ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN HONG KONG.
"IT'S A ROUTINE VISIT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO PARTICULAR ISSUES THAT I HAVE TO COVER. IT'S THE GENERALITY OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN HONG KONG AT THE MOMENT AND MATTERS OF CONCERN IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
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"AND THAT WOULD COVER THE QUESTION OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE. I WILL BE BRINGING MINISTERS UP-TO-DATE ON WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO IN 1991, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS OF CURRENT CONCERN, HE ADDED.
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ASKED IF IT WAS A WASTE OF MONEY TO BRING MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO HONG KONG ON THE RIGHT OF ABODE ISSUE, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "NOT AT ALL. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BILL GOES THROUGH PARLIAMENT."
"THERE ARE POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES IN BRITAIN WHICH EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT. WE HERE IN HONG KONG ALL HOPE THAT THE BILL WILL GO THROUGH.
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"THE GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN BELIEVES THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE EXPLAINING IT THROUGH, BUT IF WE CAN HELP IN THIS PROCESS BY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WHY THIS BILL IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO KEEP PEOPLE SHOULD IN HONG KONG, AND THAT IS THE KEY TO THE WHOLE THING, THEN WE CERTAINLY DO SO," SIR DAVID SAID.
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"IF WE BRING MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT HERE, IT'S NOT SIMPLY TO TALK ABOUT ONE BILL, IT IS TO INTRODUCE TO THEM THE WHOLE OF THE KONG SITUATION, AND WE DO THIS THE WHOLE TIME. IF WE INCREASE THE NUMBERS BECAUSE THERE IS A BILL GOING THROUGH, WE GET OTHER BENKFITS AS WELL, HE ADDED.
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