SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1991
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GOVERNOR IS PLEASED AIRPORT TALKS RESUME
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY HE WAS AIRPORT TALKS WITH CHINA WERE ABOUT TO RESUME.
PLEASED THE
SPEAKING ON HIS ARRIVAL IN CANBERRA FOR TALKS WITH SENIOR AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL LEADERS, SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ISSUE RESOLVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I BELIEVE HONG KONG NEEDS THIS NEW AIRPORT. THAT'S NOT HONG KONG NOW, ITS HONG KONG BUILDING FOR ITS LONG-TERM FUTURE, SO I'M GLAD THE TALKS ARE RESUMING.
"WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM. WE'VE GOT TO BOTH LOOK AT CHINESE CONCERNS AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT FIND MBANS OF HAVING AN AGREEMENT WHICH ENABLES US TO CARRY OUT THE EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG," HE SAID.
IN TALKS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MINISTERS TOMORROW (MONDAY), THE GOVERNOR WILL DISCUSS A NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS, AND HONG KONG'S MEMBERSHIP OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS.
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OF THE PROBLEM
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SIR DAVID SAID THAT SINCE THERE WAS A REVIVAL OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS COMING TO THE ISSUE WITH AUSTRALIAN MINISTERS.
KONG, HE
"AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN ONE OF
THE
MOST GENEROUS COUNTRIES IN
RESETTLING GENUINE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
"AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN FIND A REALISTIC WAY OF CARRYING OUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION (CPA) WHICH IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AT THE MOMENT.
"WE MUST FIND WAYS TO MAKE IT WORK PROPERLY INCLUDING WAYS OF. DEALING WITH THOSE WHO ARE SCREENED OUT AS NON-REFUGEES."
ON ECONOMIC MATTERS, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WOULD BE RAISING QUESTION OF HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC WHICH AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN TAKING SUCH A LEAD.
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HE SAID HONG KONG'S MEMBERSHIP OF THE PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION CONFERENCE (PECC) WAS EXPECTED то BE RATIFIED AT A MEETING IN SINGAPORE WITHIN A FORTNIGHT.
"WE ALSO FEEL THAT AS ONE OF THE LEADING ECONOMIES IN THE
IT'S RIGHT THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BE REGION,
A
THE MEMBER OF
ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM (APEC)," SIR DAVID SAID.
HE SAID HONG KONG HAD BEEN TALKING TO THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FOR SOME TIME ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THESE DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE CONTINUED IN HIS MEETINGS IN CANBERRA THIS WEEK.
SIR DAVID IS DUE TO MEET SENIOR GOVERNMENT MINISTERS INCLUDING,
MINISTER, THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MR GARETH EVANS, THE THE PRIME IMMIGRATION, MR GERRY HAND AND, ON TUESDAY,
FOR MINISTER MINISTER, MR
HAWKE.
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