TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1990
SORT OF
"IT DEPENDS ON ITS SUCCESS, FOR ITS SUCCESS, ON THIS
ENDEAVOUR INTERNATIONAL
AND IT IS PERFECTLY PROPER THEN FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE EMPLOYEES OF THEIR OWN COMPANIES WHICH ARE OPERATING HERE, MK MAUDE SAID.
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THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE SOUGHT TO HAVE DONE AND THAT'S WHAT IS BEING DONE. I WOULD BE SURPRISED THAT CHINA REACTS IN A HOSTILE WAY ΤΟ THIS. IT
IS SOMETHING WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY TO WHICH WE ARE BOTH COMMITTED," HE ADDED.
ASKED TO COMMENT ON CONSULAR PROTECTION FOR FOREIGN PASSPORT HOLDERS, MR MAUDE SAID: "THE JOINT DECLARATION ALLOWS FOR, COMMITS CHINA TO ALLOWING ENTRY AND EXIT FOR PEOPLE WITH FOREIGN PASSPORTS LEGITIMATELY ACQUIRED."
"IT IS UP TO EACH COUNTRY WHETHER IT GIVES CONSULAR PROTECTION то ITS OWN NATIONALS WITHIN HONG KONG AND I HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE SHOULD DO SO, HE ADDED.
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ON BRITAIN'S NATIONALITY PACKAGE, MR MAUDE SAID: "THE FACT THAT CONFIDENCE IS BEING ENHANCED BY THESE MEASURES. THE FACT THAT THESE MEASURES WILL KEEP MANY MORE OF THE KEY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG. THAT IS SOMETHING WHICH WILL BENEFIT EVERYBODY IN HONG KONG, BECAUSE HONG KONG DEPEND ON ITS CONTINUED SUCCESS ON THE KEY PEOPLE REMAINING HERE."
THE MINISTER SAID THE CLEAR MESSAGE HE WAS GETTING FROM HONG KONG WAS THE VIEW THAT ALTHOUGH NOT EVERYONE WOULD BE PLEASED WITH THE TOTALITY OF THE PACKAGE, IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT IT WENT THROUGH (PARLIAMENT).
"THIS IS A PACKAGE VERY MUCH BETTER THAN NOTHING, AND HONG KONG DEPENDS FOR ITS FUTURE SUCCESS ON IT GOING THROUGH. AND WHILE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE WANTED IT TO BE LARGER, IT'S A VERY GOOD PACKAGE INDEED, MR MAUDE SAID.
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ASKED ΤΟ COMMENT ON MR MAUDE'S REMARKS AFTER ATTENDING A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID ALL OF THESE WERE PART OF AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE REMAINED IN HONG KONG.
"THAT IS CRUCIAL TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD WANT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO BE DOING ON OUR BEHALF + KEEPING PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, CONTRIBUTING TO HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY, SIR DAVID SAID.
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"THAT'S THE KEY OF IT ALL, THE GOVERNOR STRESSED.
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ASKED WHETHER HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT CHINA'S OBJECTION TO THE EFFORTS, SIR DAVID SAID: "I HOPE CHINA WILL REALISE THE REAL OBJECTIVE WHAT IS BEING DONE AND THAT'S TO DO THINGS WHICH SHORE UP THE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG.
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"AND Τ THINK WE HAVE TO GO ON EXPLAINING TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT THAT THAT IS THE OBJECTIVE, AND THERE IS NO OTHER PURPOSE BEHIND IT,' HE SAID.
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"AND
THIS
IS SO,
I HOPE THAT THEY WILL GRADUALLY COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT SIR DAVID ADDED.
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