WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA IS IMPORTANT
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ON
THE
CHINA,
NOT
IN
THE
THE
COUNCIL THERE IS WIDE CONSENSUS IN THE LEGISLATIVE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING AN UNDERSTANDING ON HONG KONG AND LEAST
BETWEEN CIVIL SERVANTS, THROUGH GREATER CONTACTS COMMERCIAL FIELD, AND BETWEEN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND CHINA, CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
CONCLUSION
SPEAKING AT THE
RESUMED DEBATE OF THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS, SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED THAT THIS COULD BE A TWO-WAY ONE.
ON
THE
PROCESS
"AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS A STRONG FEELING THAT AN INCREASING EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND A BETTER DIALOGUE WITH CHINA SHOULD NOT BE ARE SEEN AS GIVING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT A VETO OVER DECISIONS WHICH
KONG SAR PROPERLY FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE FUTURE HONG GOVERNMENT TO TAKE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THESE VIEWS COULD BE WELL APPLIED TO THE SPECIFIC CASE OF THE NEW PORT AND AIRPORT.
"WE WOULD LIKE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WHAT WE ARE PLANNING AND WOULD WELCOME EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT THEM FOR PROJECTS WHICH ARE TO THE LONG TERM BENEFIT OF HONG KONG.
"WE
HAVE
MADE IT
CLEAR THAT WE ARE
WITH
FROM
THEM COURSE
THAT
THESE
то КЕЕР WILLING
NOT OF ARE INFORMED AS OUR PLANS DEVELOP, EVEN THOUGH WE SEEKING
FROM FORMAL APPROVAL
INTEND THEM NOR DO WE DEVELOPMENTS SHOULD PLACE ANY BURDEN ON THE CHINESE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, HE SAID.
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HELD SAID
THE CHINESE EXPERT TEAM WHICH RECENTLY VISITED HONG KONG CANDID AND CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS WITH US IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE, SIR DAVID ADDING THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOUND THE TALKS USEFUL,
FINANCIAL
THAT
WE HOPE
"THE CHINESE TEAM WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE POSITION WHICH THE SAR GOVERNMENT WILL INHERIT IN 1997. THE INFORMATION WHICH WE HAVE GIVEN THEM WILL REASSURE THEM.
WITH ONLY
THE
BUT
"OUR
IS TO PROVIDE THE SAR IN 1997 NOT AIM INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR ITS CONTINUED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ALSO WITH STRONG FINANCES.
WE
LOOK
FORWARD
TO
SIR DAVID SAID.
'WE
CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN DO BOTH. ARE FURTHER TALKS ON THE MATTER WITH THE CHINESE SIDE,
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