MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1991
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HK NEEDS TO HAVE EFFECTIVE,
EFFICIENT, STRONG ADMINISTRATION: GOVERNOR
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WHAT IS NEEDED IN HONG KONG IS TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT AND STRONG ADMINISTRATION TO MAINTAIN ITS PROSPERITY AND STABILITY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
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"THAT MUST MEAN THAT THERE OUGHT TO BE CLEAR-CUT AUTHORITY, DAVID SAID AFTER HIS VISIT TO THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AFTERNOON.
THE GOVERNOR WAS RESPONDING TO A PRESS QUESTION CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG.
"NOW THERE 18 NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT IN EVERY WAY, DECLARATION AND EVERYTHING, THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTERING UP TO 1997 IS THAT OF BRITAIN AND OF THE PRESENT HONG GOVERNMENT.
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"VERY IMPORTANT THAT THOSE LINES OF AUTHORITY SHOULD BE AND IT SHOULD ALSO BE QUITE CLEAR THAT WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE AS THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG, WE WILL CARRY OUT THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND CARRY IT OUT FULLY FOR THE SAKE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AND FOR THE LONG TERM PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG," THE GOVERNOR SAID.
COMMENTING ON THE RECENT DISCUSSIONS IN PEKING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA ON THE NEW AIRPORT AND RELATED PROJECTS, SIR DAVID SAID THE RESULTS OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEY WERE CARRIED OUT WAS DISAPPOINTING.
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"IT'S NO DOUBT THAT THEY WERE DISAPPOINTING, BUT WHAT ONE'S GOT THINK ABOUT IS WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HONG KONG AND THERE 18 DOUBT AT ALL THAT GETTING ON WITH BUILDING LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS, THE THINGS THAT HONG KONG NEEDS, LIKE THE AIRPORT, IS VERY IMPORTANT, HE SAID.
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"IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD AN AIRPORT, IT TAKES A LONG TIME. SO THERE IS A REAL NEED TO GET ON WITH IT, HE ADDED.
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"I HOPE THAT IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS WE CAN ALSO GO ON TALKING TO THE CHINESE THROUGH A VARIETY OF CHANNELS SO THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WE CAN IRON OUT ANY PARTICULAR
CONCERNS
AND WORRIES THAT THEY MAY HAVE,
THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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