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CLAUDIA MO, AFP: BUT THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO STAY HERE
LORD CAITHNESS: NO, CAN I JUST FINISH, PLEASE? ASK ME A QUESTION AND I AM TRYING TO ANSWER IT.
BECAUSE YOU DID
THE POSITION CHINA EXACTLY THAT THE CONFIDENT
IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH CHINA WE WILL FOLLOW-UP THAT FRANCIS MAUDE CREATED IN THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN TO WHAT THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE IS DESIGNED TO DO AND I HOPE ABOUT IT WILL DISAPPEAR. IN FACT, I AM CHINESE CONCERNS THAT THEY WILL ONCE ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS THAT THEY HAVE WILL, THROUGH DIALOGUE, NOT BE AS APPARENT TO THEM AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY. THROUGH THAT DIALOGUE THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND, A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS, A LOT OF STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN FACT, SOLVE WHAT PORTENDS TO BE A POSSIBLY TRICKY SITUATION.
IT IS THAT
CAN,
CLAUDIA MO, AFP: WHEN DO YOU HOPE CHINA WILL FINALLY OFFICIALLY ENDORSE YOUR PASSPORT PACKAGE?
ARE LORD CAITHNESS: I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE DATE, BECAUSE THERE SOME DISCUSSIONS TO CONTINUE. I THINK THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS THAT FRANCIS MAUDE STARTED AND I THINK I HAVE COVERED THE REST OF THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION ALREADY.
HUMPHREY
BBC: THE HAWKSLEY,
STATEMENT BY MR HURD
THAT
HONG
THE KONG PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES MORE, DO YOU THINK THAT
KONG CHINESE TO BE TIME MIGHT BE RIGHT NOW, OR SOON, FOR A HONG APPOINTED AT THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG RATHER THAN A DIPLOMAT SECONDED FROM THE FOREIGN OFFICE?
LORD
CAITHNESS: WELL I ATTRIBUTING TO MR HURD
DON'T
WHAT KNOW
REMARK
YOU
ARE
HUMPHREY
BEGINNING THERE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE POINT HAWKSLEY:
YOU SAID THAT HONG KONG SHOULD LOOK AFTER HONG
AFTER THEMSELVES, THEMSELVES; THE HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK MORE NOT LOOK SO MUCH TO BRITAIN.
JUST AT THE KONG
THAT
LORD CAITHNESS: NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
HUMPHREY HAWKSLEY: CAN YOU RE-QUOTE BACK PERHAPS WHAT MR AND THEN WE CAN GET IT ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, AND THEN GO ON
HURD
TO MY
SAID, QUESTION?
TO
WHAT WE SEEK ON THE
THE
LORD CAITHNESS: WELL, LET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR. DO IS TO ENCOURAGE HONG KONG PEOPLE TO TAKE OVER AND HELP
IT'S NOTICEABLE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THAT THEY HAVE DONE. CHIEF JUSTICE, FOR INSTANCE - THERE'S PEOPLE LIKE THAT, WHO ARE COMING UP FAR MORE THAN THEY USED TO. AND THAT IS THE POINT OF WHAT SAYING.
I
WAS
/NOW THAT