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TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1993
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QUESTION: The Hong Kong Policy Act has been
taking affect for about a year. Do you feel satisfied
with what's going on right now?
SENATOR MCCONNELL:
Well, I hope that the Hong
Kong Policy Act was a constructive part of the process.
The Governor might want to address that. As you know, we
did not go beyond the Joint Declaration in that bill. I
did not in any way feel it was intervening in internal
affairs in China, or in the relationship between China and
the U.K. I hope that it's been a positive thing for Hong
Kong.
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GOVERNOR PATTEN: I think it was a very useful legislative reflection of the strong and important economic and trade relationship between Hong Kong and the United States.
year moved
QUESTION:
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There were a couple of things last voted over against the MFN bill, but they
What
didn't have the votes, but they did succeed in the override. This year there may not be a bill, or the bill has been introduced but it may not come to Congress. role do you see for the Republicans this year in trying to have no conditions on MFN?
/SENATOR MCCONNELL: