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TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1990
GOVERNOR TO UPDATE PRIME MINISTER ON HONG KONG
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL CALL ON THE MINISTER, MRS MARGARET THATCHER, DURING HIS VISIT TO LONDON TO BRING HER UP-TO-DATE PERSONALLY ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HONG KONG.
WELCOMING THIS CHANCE TO BRIEF THE PRIME MINISTER PERSONALLY, SIR DAVID SAID WHILE IN LONDON HE ALSO WANTED TO GET HIMSELF UP-TO-DATE ON THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE THAT WAS GOING THROUGH ITS LAST STAGE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS
AT THE AIRPORT BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE TONIGHT (TUESDAY), SIR DAVID SAID THAT IT WAS A ROUTINE VISIT IN WHICH HE WOULD BE COVERING ALL THE ISSUES THAT WERE AFFECTING HONG KONG.
"ESSENTIALLY MY PURPOSE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT MINISTERS AND THE PRIME MINISTER ARE UP-TO-DATE ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN HONG KONG AND OUR CONCERNS, HE SAID.
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то TALK TO THE UNIVERSITY TO RECEIVE AN
SIR DAVID WOULD ALSO GO TO EDINBURGH BRIEFLY FINANCIAL COMMUNITY AND THEN TO ABERDEEN HONORARY DEGREE.
ON THE VISIT TO PEKING BY MR FRANCIS MAUDE, SIR DAVID SAID: "ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES IS RE-ESTABLISHING CONTACTS AT THAT SORT OF MINISTERIAL LEVEL. HE WILL BE COVERING NOT SIMPLY HONG KONG SUBJECTS, HE WILL BE COVERING OTHER GENERAL TOPICS AS WELL. BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE OF MINISTERIAL LEVEL TO MAINTAIN CONTACT CHINESE LEADERS.
ASKED ON THE EFFECT ON HONG KONG THAT FANG LIZHI HAD CHINA FOR BRITAIN, THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT HE WAS PLEASED HIMSELF THE SITUATION HAD BEEN RESOLVED IN A POSITIVE FASHION.
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"I THINK THE RESOLUTION OF THAT PROBLEM IS GENERALLY HELPFUL. HONG KONG HASN'T BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN IT. BUT IF IT IS A BETTER
COUNTRIES ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN CHINA AND OTHER
IN THE WORLD THEN I THINK THAT HAS AN INDIRECT BENEFICIARY EFFECT ON US IN HONG KONG,' SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR WAS SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD.
SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF
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