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GOVERNOR AND EXCO MEMBERS MEET PM
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND FIVE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS MET THE PRIME MINISTER, MR JOHN MAJOR, ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 6). SIR PERCY CRADOCK WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE.
SPEAKING TO THE PRESS OUTSIDE NO. 10 DOWNING STREET AFTER THE MEETING, SIR DAVID SAID EXCO MEMBERS AND HIMSELF APPRECIATED VERY MUCH THAT THE PRIME MINISTER, IN HIS FIRST FULL WEEK IN OFFICE, HAD TAKEN TIME OUT TO MEET THEM.
"WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION IN WHICH WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF THE PRIME MINISTER ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN HONG KONG AT THE MOMENT. AND IN WHICH THE PRIME MINISTER MADE PARTICULARLY THE POINT THAT, WITH THE CHANGE IN PRIME MINISTER, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CHANGE IN THE BRITISH COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG, TO THE COMMITMENT TO THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, THE WISH TO SEE A STRONG ADMINISTRATION IN HONG KONG UP TO 1997.
"HE VERY KINDLY SAID THAT HE WOULD ALWAYS BE WILLING PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG, FROM THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE TIME PERMITTING, WHEN THEY WERE IN LONDON AND IF THEY HAD ISSUES TO RAISE.
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"So FOR US IT WAS A MARVELLOUS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE PRIME MINISTER IN HIS FIRST WEEK IN OFFICE, SIR DAVID SAID.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION WHETHER MR MAJOR WOULD BE VISITING HONG KONG AT SOME STAGE, SIR DAVID SAID: "I DID SAY TO HIM HE WOULD BE VERY WELCOME TO VISIT HONG KONG AS SOON AS HE COULD MANAGE IT.
"ALSO THAT I REALISE HE WILL HAVE A VERY BUSY PROGRAMME HERE SO I DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO COMMIT HIMSELF TO A TIME," SIR DAVID SAID.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO COME TO HONG KONG AS SOON AS HE COULD MANAGE TO DO IT, BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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