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"I REMEMBER HAVING A LONG DISCUSSION WITH HIM WHILE HE THE FOREIGN OFFICE.
WAS
IN
"I WOULDN'T EXPECT THIS то LEAD ΤΟ ANY CHANGE IN BRITISH ON THE POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG. THAT IS SET AND IS VERY CLEAR BASED
UNDER MR MAJOR AS JOINT DECLARATION AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT
PRIME OBJECTIVES MINISTER WE WOULD CONTINUE TO GET THE SAME SUPPORT FOR THE
FRAMEWORK OF THE OF BUILDING UP HONG KONG FOR THE FUTURE WITHIN THE JOINT DECLARATION AS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
NEXT
VISIT
WON'T YET KNOW CLEAR ON
ASKED IF THE GOVERNOR EXPECTED TO MEET MR MAJOR IN LONDON
TO WEEK, AND WHETHER HE PLANNED TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO HIM
FIRST QUESTION, MR MAJOR HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID: "ON THE KNOW YET WHAT HIS PROGRAMME WILL BE. SO AS A RESULT I DON'T BB LONDON. I CAN'T WHAT MY PROGRAMME WILL BE WHEN I GO TO THAT AT THE MOMENT.
OPPORTUNITY HE WILL ΤΟ HAVE AN AWFUL SO WHEN THAT
"I WOULD HOPE, THAT AS SOON AS HE HAS AN TAKE THE CHANCE TO COME TO HONG KONG. HE IS GOING LOT OF THINGS TO DEAL WITH ON HIS PLATE TO START WITH, MIGHT BE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SAY AT THE MOMENT.
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RELATIONSHIP
WITH MRS ON THE QUESTION OF THE GOVERNOR'S GOOD
MR MAJOR, SIR DAVID THATCHER AND WHETHER THIS WOULD CONTINUE UNDER
A HAD
VERY LONG CONVERSATION SAID: "I'VE MET MR MAJOR ALREADY AND WITH HIM ABOUT HONG KONG AFFAIRS LAST SUMMER, JUST AFTER HE HAD OVER AS FOREIGN MINISTER.
"SO I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET HIM AND HONG KONG ALREADY, AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THERE BUILD ON THAT IN THE FUTURE."
то
TAKEN
ΤΟ TALK
HIM ABOUT WILL BE A CHANCE ΤΟ
PROJECTS, THE GOVERNOR SAID ON HONG KONG'S PORT AND AIRPORT THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST FROM JAPANESE COMPANIES.
THERE WERE A HE SAID
LARGE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS FIRST TENDERING PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN THE AIRPORT AND PORT AND THE WERE JUST BEING STARTED.
"
'IT'S NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE TO SAY HOW ACTUALLY BE SUCCESSFUL IN WINNING CONTRACTS.
"HOWEVER, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST
CONSTRUCTION FIRMS, FOR ARE A LOT OF JAPANESE CLEARLY BE IN A GOOD POSITION TO BID.'
MANY PEOPLE WILL
IN IT AND THERE INSTANCE, WHO
FINANCING FOR THE
WILL
PROJECTS, THE
ASKED ABOUT PRIVATE SECTOR GOVERNOR SAID THE PORT AND AIRPORT HAD TO BE LOOKED AT SEPARATELY.
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DON'T AND THE IT THAN
YOU YOU DO IT OR "THE AIRPORT IS A CLEAR CUT DECISION DO IT. THE PORT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEVELOPED INCREMENTALLY PORT WILL HAVE A FAR GREATER PERCENTAGE OF PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE AIRPORT WILL. BUT ROUGHLY YOU CAN SAY IT IS 40 TO 60 PER CENT.'
/SIR DAVID