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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1991
HE SAID THE
CLOSE CONTACT
THE
WITH GOVERNMENT. KEEPS IN
KONG HONG TEAM
**WE
SIGNIFICANT IN NEGOTIATING
PEKING:
HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THAT TEAM, SO WE WISH TO KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON HERE DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY AND TO PROVIDE OUR OWN ADVICE FROM TO THE NEGOTIATING TEAM FOR THE NEXT DAY'S DISCUSSIONS."
BE PUT
ASKED IF TENDERS FOR THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING WOULD
DAVID SAID, WHILE BACK EVEN IF NO AGREEMENT HAD BEEN REACHED, SIR EMPHASISING THAT THE NEGOTIATING TEAM WAS TRYING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE: "IF WE CAN'T REACH AN AGREEMENT THEN SOME VARIOUS, OBVIOUS PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS TO THAT.
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THERE IS
BEST FOR AIRPORT TALKS TO CONTINUE: C8
THAT
REACH AN
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) IT WAS BEST THAT THE TALKS ON THE NEW AIRPORT CONTINUED, THAT EVERYONE CONTINUED TO
THE MAKE
BEST EFFORT POSSIBLE AGREEMENT.
TO
:
TRY TO
MEMBERS OF THE IMMIGRATION
HE WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) ON ANTI-ILLEGAL DUTIES AT THE BORDER.
PEKING, SIR
TALKS IN 'TO REACH A SIDE. IT'S VERY SOLUTIONS TO
AIRPORT ASKED ΤΟ COMMENT ON THE SITUATION OF THE
DAVID SAID: 'WE ARE STILL TRYING VERY HARD SOLUTION.
CHINESE WE ARF WORKING HARD WITH THE IMPORTANT THAT WE DO CONTINUE TO TRY AND FIND PRACTICAL WHAT AFTERALL 18 A PRACTICAL PROBLEM.
"FOR HONG KONG NEEDS AN AIRPORT, EVERYONE ACCEPTS THAT. WE WANT TO ΒΟΤΗ SIDES. TO FIND A PRACTICAL WAY FORWARD WHICH IS AGREEABLE THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING HARD TO DO.
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CS VISITS BORDER AREA
TODAY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD,
SOME OF THE
(TUESDAY)
VISITED IMMIGRATION
REGIMENT
(THE
THE BORDER AREA WHERE HE SAW
ANTI-ILLEGAL OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG VOLUNTEERS).
SOME 700 VOLUNTEERS ARE ON BORDER PATROL WHICH BEGAN ON MAY
AND WILL END THIS SUNDAY (MAY 26).
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REGIMENT'S HONONARY COLONEL, WAS LT. COL.
ΤΟ COOMBE,
VARIOUS
SIR DAVID, WHO IS THE ESCORTED BY COMMANDING OFFICER, BORDER POSTS ALONG THE FRONTIER BORDER AREA.
NICK
/THEY VISITED