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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1992
QUESTION:
DO YOU THINK THAT APPOINTED LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS SHOULD RESIGN IF THEY DO NOT SUPPORT YOUR PROPOSALS?
MY
GOVERNOR: NO, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IS AS IT IS. I NOTE THAT I THINK AT THE MOMENT MANY COUNCILLORS FROM ALL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT HAVE SUPPORTED VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PROPOSALS. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A VOTE THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE PROPOSALS I HAD PUT FORWARD ON THE ELECTION COMMITTEE WHICH SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS A GOOD DEAL OF SUPPORT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PROPOSALS, BUT THE FINAL VOTES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WON'T COME FOR SOME TIME UNTIL THEY ARE ACTUALLY PRESENTED WITH REAL LEGISLATION. AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO MAKE UP THEIR MINDS AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY AND AS LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY'LL HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE TO THE COMMUNITY.
QUESTION: ANY NEWS ON SODA? AND GARETH EVANS REMARKS?
GOVERNOR:
NO,
IF ANYBODY SEES SODA I HOPE THEY'LL EITHER BRING HER BACK TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE OR TAKE HER TO THE RSPCA. SHE'S A WONDERFUL LITTLE PUPPY AND WE VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WE'LL SEE HER AGAIN SOON.
AS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S REMARKS, HE IS AS YOU KNOW A VERY GOOD FRIEND TO HONG KONG. I THINK HE SAID IF ANYBODY TOOK OFFENCE AT HIS REMARKS THEN HE'LL APOLOGISE. BUT I THINK ALL OF US KNOW HIM AS A GOOD AND COMMITTED AND SINCERE FRIEND OF HONG KONG AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM IN HONG KONG ON MANY FUTURE OCCASIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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ECONOMIC MISSION TO VIETNAM
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AN ECONOMIC
MISSION,
LED BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, AND JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT FOR VIETNAM TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
COUNCIL, LEFT
THE 35-MEMBER MISSION COMPRISES BUSINESSMEN FROM THE TRADING, FINANCIAL, RETAILING, MANUFACTURING, GARMENT AND TEXTILES, AND SERVICES SECTORS, AS WELL AS OFFICIALS FROM THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY BRANCH AND THE TRADE DEPARTMENT.
IN HANOI, THE DELEGATES WILL HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE MINISTRY OF TRADE, MINISTRY OF LIGHT INDUSTRY, STATE PLANNING COMMITTEE, THE STATE COMMITTEE FOR CO-OPERATION & INVESTMENT
AND THE VIETCOCHAMBER-HANOI.
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FROM HANOI, THE MISSION, LED BY VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE HK GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR WILLIAM FUNG, WILL GO TO HO CHI MINH CITY WHERE THEY WILL MEET THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE OF HO CHI MINH CITY AND LEADING REPRESENTATIVES OF SEPZONE (SAIGON EXPORT PROCESSING JOINT) HEAD OFFICE.
MRS CHAN NOTED THAT HONG KONG WAS THE SECOND LARGEST INVESTOR IN VIETNAM IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT VALUE AND IT WOULD BE OF MUTUAL BENEFIT TO BOTH TERRITORIES TO FOSTER A CLOSER UNDERSTANDING OTHER'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT REGIME.
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