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THOUGHT SHOULD BE GIVEN ON FINAL COURT OF APPEAL: GOVERNOR
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THE KEY ISSUE OF THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL THAT WE HAVE THINK ABOUT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WAS WHETHER WE WANT IT SET UP THE FAIRLY NEAR FUTURE, IN A FORM WHICH WOULD GO STRAIGHT THROUGH 1997, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TONIGHT (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS RETURN FROM VISITS TO SINGAPORE AND NEW ZEALAND, SIR DAVID SAID: "WE'VE GOT THE FRAMEWORK OF AN AGREEMENT THROUGH THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP."
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"IT'S CLEARLY LAID DOWN, BUT SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THAT, HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS OUT IN THE DRAFT LEGISLATION, THAT IS STILL GOT TO BE WORKED OUT AND THEN THE DRAFT OF THE LEGISLATION WILL BE PUT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR IT TO CONSIDER. THAT MUST BE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER," HE SAID.
SPEAKING ABOUT HIS TWO VISITS, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "THE IMPRESSION I CAME BACK WITH WAS THAT WE HAVE A GREAT MANY INTERESTS IN COMMON WITH SINGAPORE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BUILDING UP OUR CONTACTS WITH SINGAPORE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS."
"WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMON POSITIONS ON THINGS LIKE INTERNATIONAL IN TRADE; THERE IS AN INCREASING INTEREST IN SINGAPORE IN INVESTMENTS HONG KONG AND LOT OF COMMON INTERESTS FOR US TO SHARE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BUILDING UP THOSE CONNECTIONS, HE SAID.
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ZEALAND WAS A VERY OPPORTUNE VISIT IN A WAY. I WENT MESSAGE THAT A GREAT DEAL IS HAPPENING UP HERE, IN WHAT THEY AS THE NORTHERN BIT OF THE PACIFIC RIM AND TO TELL THEM THAT THIS AN AREA OF GREAT ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THE FUTURE AND HONG KONG WAS THE HEART OF IT.
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"I FOUND, TO MY PLEASANT SURPRISE, THAT THEY WERE ALREADY THINKING ALONG THOSE LINES; THAT THEY WERE THINKING OF INCREASING THEIR TRADING ACTIVITIES IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, SO IT WAS VERY GOOD TIMING FOR THE VISIT, SIR DAVID ADDED.
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THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT THERE WAS MUCH TO BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND 1997, ADDING: "ALL THE PREPARATIONS THAT WE CAN MAKE ΤΟ ENSURE, AND THIS WAS THE MESSAGE I WAS PUTTING ACROSS WHILE I WAS AWAY, ENSURE THAT THE NEW HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG SAR WHEN IT'S SET UP 1997 HAS THE BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE OF SUCCEEDING."
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"ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS TO CARRY ON WITH OUR LONG-TERM PROJECTS; BUILDING UP EDUCATION; BUILDING UP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE; BUILDING AN AIRPORT; EXPANDING THE PORT AND SO ON," HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT OUR CONTACTS WITH THE MAINLAND OF CHINA WERE INCREASED AT ALL LEVELS WHICH WAS BEING DONE AT A GOVERNMENT LEVEL.
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