MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1990
"HE CONFIRMED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED
BE DEBATED
TO GO SOON IN PARLIAMENT
AHEAD
AFTER
IT
WITH THE SCHEME THAT IT WILL EASTER AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE MINISTERS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH PARLIAMENT," SIR DAVID SAID.
DELAY A
IN TABLING
BILL
IN HAS BEEN
THE ASKED IF THERE
EVER A PARLIAMENT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID: "I DON'T THINK THERE IS
EASTER. IT COULD DEBATED BEFORE CHANCE THAT IT IS GOING TO BE TABLED STILL BEFORE EASTER BUT THE EARLIEST TIME IT CAN BE DEBATED AFTER EASTER. SO THERE IS NO QUESTION OF DELAY:"
IT REMAINED REPLYING TO ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR DAVID SAID
HONG GOVERNMENT'S POSITION THAT WE HAD NO INTENTION OF ALLOWING TO BE USED AS A BASE FOR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY AGAINST CHINA.
"NEVERTHELESS THE FREEDOMS WHICH ARE SO INHERENT TO
HE ADDED.
AND ITS WAY OF LIFE WILL BE PRESERVED,
BE
IS
THE
KONG
HONG KONG
ALLAY
ASKED IF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE ANY FURTHER ACTION TO
BE NECESSARY CHINA'S FEAR, SIR DAVID SAID HE DIDN'T THINK THAT WOULD AS WE HAD MADE OUR POSITION VERY CLEAR A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE PAST.
HK COMMITTEE FOR PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION SET UP
A
HONG KONG
COMMITTEE
PACIFIC
ECONOMIC
CO-OPERATION RELATING TO CO-OPERATION
FOR (HKCPEC) HAS BEEN SET UP TO ADVISE GOVERNMENT ON MATTERS
IN THE PACIFIC ECONOMIC HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION
HONG KONG'S INPUT TO THE CO-ORDINATE TO
CONFERENCE CONFERENCE,
(PECC)
AND
AMONG
(MONDAY), SPEAKING AFTER THE FIRST MEETING OF THE HKCPEC TODAY
AND INDUSTRY AND
THE CHAIRMAN OF TRADE THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR
SUBSCRIBED FULLY COMMITTEE, MR JOSEPH WONG WING-PING, SAID HONG KONG
ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION
THE TO THE PECC OBJECTIVE OF PROMOTING
ECONOMIC ECONOMIES IN THE PACIFIC REGION SO AS TO BRING ABOUT GREATER
OF PROSPERITY
THE BENEFITS AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REGION.
STABILITY AND
"THE COMMITTEE HAS AGREED THAT IT SHOULD PARTICIPATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PECC AND TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TOWARDS THIS OBJECTIVE," MR WONG SAID.
FULLY IN ATTAINING
THE WORLD, A STAUNCH "AS THE 11TH LARGEST TRADING ENTITY IN
ON FREE TRADER, A SEPARATE CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT
INTEGRAL PART OF THE TARIFFS AND TRADE AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, AN
HONG KONG SHOULD HAVE A REGIONAL ECONOMY, WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT
ECONOMIC REGIONAL TO MAKE
A ROLE TO PLAY IN CONTRIBUTION CO-OPERATION," HE ADDED.
AND
/MR WONG