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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1990
LORD CAITHNESS ARRIVES FOR SIX-DAY VISIT
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THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY
ARRIVED FOR HONG KONG, LORD CAITHNESS,
(SATURDAY) AFTERNOON FOR A SIX-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO HONG KONG.
SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT, LORD CAITHNESS
PEOPLE. "I'VE COME HERE TO HAVE A GOOD LOOK AROUND AND TO MEET ALREADY MET THE GOVERNOR, I'VE MET LADY DUNN, I'VE MET MARTIN LEE VARIOUS OTHER PEOPLE, BUSINESSMEN FROM HONG KONG."
"I'M
THIS
SAID:
I'VE
AND
PRIME
THE MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE WHEN VERY
IMPORTANT HONG MINISTER OFFERED ME THE JOB SHE REMINDED ME JUST HOW
SECRETARY KONG WAS TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND TO BRITAIN, AND THE OF STATE HAS REINFORCED THAT, HE SAID.
"
MINISTER, WERE
LORD CAITHNESS SAID WHILE THERE MIGHT BE A CHANGE OF THERE WASN'T A CHANGE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SO THE POLICIES GOING TO CONTINUE.
FOR THE MINISTER SAID ALTHOUGH HE MIGHT BE NEW, HE WOULD FIGHT
GOVERNMENT THAT JUST HONG KONG: "BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT A BRITISH STANDS ON THE SIDELINES AND APPLAUDS.
"YOU WANT A BRITISH GOVERNMENT THAT WILL SUPPORT YOU. WE DO THAT," HE ADDED.
WILL
ΤΟ
WANTED LORD AS
ASKED TO COMMENT ON HOW QUICKLY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
PEOPLE NON-VOLUNTARILY, IN ACT
RETURNING VIETNAMESE BOAT CAITHNESS SAID: "OF COURSE WE WANT TO GET RID OF THE NON-REFUGEES
WE ARE PURSUING WELL AS TO RESETTLE THE REFUGEES, AND THAT IS WHY NEGOTIATIONS WITH HANOI TO TRY TO SPEED THAT PROCESS UP."
GOVERNOR,
SIR DAVID
THE MINISTER WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE WILSON, AND LADY WILSON; THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS; JOINT LIAISON THE BRITISH SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SINO-BRITISH
TRADE SENIOR BRITISH
GROUP,
MR ANTHONY
GALSWORTHY;
COMMISSIONER, MR PETER HEAP.
AND THE
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