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LONDON VISIT WAS USEFUL: GOVERNOR
THAT THE
WAS
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) VISIT TO LONDON WAS USEFUL IN PROMOTING TRADE AND INVESTMENT AND
THE NEW PRIME MINISTER, AN EXTREMELY USEFUL OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MR JOHN MAJOR.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT UPON HIS RETURN, SIR DAVID ON PROMOTING SAID THE HONG KONG DELEGATION HAD A VERY GOOD SEMINAR
OF THE TRADE
INVESTMENT AND A VERY WELL ATTENDED ANNUAL DINNER TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
THE GOVERNOR SAID: AND MYSELF,
PRIME MINISTER, THE MEETING WITH THE ON "ALL OF US, THAT IS THE MEMBERS OF EXCO WHO WERE THERE WERE VERY PLEASED INDEED THAT HE TOOK TIME IN HIS FIRST WEEK IN OFFICE WHEN HE IS EXTREMELY BUSY, TO MEET A GROUP FROM HONG KONG, AND TO GIVE HONG KONG US A CHANCE TO GET HIM UP-TO-DATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AND HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT HONG KONG AFFAIRS.
"THAT WAS VERY MUCH OF A BONUS TO US AND GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE HONG KONG TEAM, HE ADDED.
ASKED TO COMMENT ON A REPORT THAT CHINA HAS ACCEPTED THAT KONG DOES NEED A NEW AIRPORT, SIR DAVID SAID: "WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE. I BELIEVE THAT THEY DO ACCEPT THAT KONG NEEDS A NEW AIRPORT.
HONG
HAVING
HONG
WHERE THOSE "I THINK WE ARE GRADUALLY GETTING TO A SITUATION
IS THE RIGHT WHO STUDY THE MATTER CAREFULLY REALISE CHEK LAP KOK PLACE; AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLAIN IN DETAIL TO THE CHINESE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL BACKGROUND AND THAT HONG KONG NOT ONLY NEEDS IT AND MUST HAVE IT, BUT THAT IT'S WELL WITHIN HONG KONG'S FINANCIAL CAPACITY, SAID.
PLANNING AMENDMENT ASKED ABOUT NCNA'S STATEMENT ON THE TOWN
IN THE BILL,
SIR DAVID SAID: "THE REASON FOR HAVING THE LEGISLATION NEW TERRITORIES IS VERY WELL KNOWN. THERE IS A PROBLEM THERE WHICH HAS TO BE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY,'
THINK SORT.
IT
"IT'S SLIGHTLY PUZZLING THAT THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY
MATTER RIGHT TO ISSUE AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON A
OF
SHOULD THAT
"THE
THE LEGISLATION
IS
THERE
IS WOULDN'T SIR
NO
CLEAR. FOR NEED INFRINGEMENT AT ALL WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION. WE CERTAINLY
INFRINGEMENT, HAVE BROUGHT IN THE LEGISLATION IF THERE WAS ANY DAVID SAID.
COMMENTING ON THE
TO THE 111
STATUS OF REFUGEE GRANTING VIETNAMESE RECENTLY INVOLVED IN A COURT CASE, THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS A VERY UNUSUAL CASE: "THEIR POSITION WAS A PECULIAR ONE; SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.*
"A ONE-OFF ARRANGEMENT FOR A UNIQUE GROUP AND I AM SURE THAT IT THEM WAS RIGHT TO DEAL WITH THAT IN AN EXCEPTIONAL WAY AND TO GIVE
HE ADDED. REFUGEE STATUS SO THAT THEY CAN BE SETTLED ABROAD,
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