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FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1993
IT
IS
DIFFICULT,
HUGE DEFENCE SOME OF
SIMILARLY ON THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, THERE IS A PILED
LIKE SOME OF AGENDA, IT'S
UP. LANDS; SOME OF IT LONGSTANDING, LIKE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENTS;
TO MAKE IT VERY TECHNICAL, LABORIOUS, NOT VERY CONTROVERSIAL, SO AS
THE LAWS OF HONG KONG WHEN SURE
NOT A VOID IN THAT THERE IS SOVEREIGNTY PASSES. THERE IS A NEED, AND I URGED IT AGAIN, TO SPEED THE WORK OF THE JLG AND WE DID AGREE DATES FOR FUTURE MEETINGS SEPTEMBER IN PEKING, AND IN DECEMBER AGAIN IN LONDON.
UP
IN
DESIGNED, AS Ι
SO THAT IS, IN SUM, WHAT WE DISCUSSED. SAY, NOT TO NEGOTIATE BUT TO SPEED UP NEGOTIATIONS ON ALL THREE OF THE RESPONSE FRONTS WHICH I HAVE MENTIONED. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS GOOD, THE
THINGS THE PROOF OF WAS POSITIVE, BUT OF COURSE AS IN ALL THESE
IN WHAT ACTUALLY WHETHER A VISIT IS WORTHWHILE OR NOT COMES LATER
LATER. HAPPENS ON THE GROUND IN THE PRACTICAL WORLD; THE PROOF COMES
A BIG EFFORT WE ARE ALL ENGAGED IN A BIG EFFORT ON THESE FRONTS,
BRITAIN HAS NO HIDDEN PREPARING FOR THE TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY.
WE HAVE CHINESE.
NO AGENDA ON THIS. I MADE THIS CLEAR TO THE
CHINA GOVERNS THOUGHTS OR ASPIRATIONS OR WISHES TO INTERFERE IN HOW
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE BUSINESS. IS NOT OUR ITSELF,
THE AGREEMENTS ABOUT HONG KONG SHOULD BE FULLY CARRIED THROUGH, that "TWO SYSTEMS IN ONE COUNTRY", REPEATED TO ME BOTH AND BY PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN TODAY, THAT THAT SHOULD BE CONVERTED INTO REALITY. PROVE THAT THE VISIT I HAVE MADE AT THE PEKING WILL BE A WORTHWHILE MILESTONE ON THAT LONG ROAD. THANK YOU.
PHRASE
QICHEN
QUESTION:
THAT
I HOPE
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BY MR QIAN CHINESE PHRASE
EVENTS I HOPE THAT
WILL GOVERNOR'S SUGGESTION ΤΟ
SIR, YOU MENTIONED CLEARING UP LETTERS, THE EXCHANGES ...?
WERE THOSE THE SEVEN
MR HURD:
THE TALKS IN PEKING BEGAN, AS YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE KIND THAT OF BACKWARD LOOKING ARGUMENTS BUT THERE WAS NO MENTION OF ANY OF TODAY
THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE PAST, ON EITHER SIDE. WAS ON THE FUTURE.
THE ACCENT
QUESTION:
MR HURD, YOU'VE SAID THAT THE TWO SIDES HAVE REACHED. ON THE TALKS BUT ACTUALLY WHAT IS THE MAIN OBSTACLE IN THE PAST ROUNDS OF TALKS?
HURD:
MR TRAIN?
SEVEN
I'M SORRY, WHAT?
THE MAIN OBSTACLE
ON THE
THROUGH
MR HURD:
ON THE TALKS?
QUESTION:
YES.
THERE
ITEMS ON WHICH THE NATURE
ARE THESE THREE MAIN MR HURD:
WELL, SUBSTANTIAL DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEGUN BUT NOT YET CONCLUDED: OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, THE NATURE OF THE ELECTION COMMITTEE AND THE CRITERIA FOR THE THROUGH TRAIN.
QUESTION:
ΤΟ
THAT
YOU GOING HOW ARE ON THE THROUGH TRAIN QUESTION: GET ROUND THIS PROBLEM THAT IN THE BASIC LAW ACTUALLY STIPULATES THERE IS JUST THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MIGHT LET THESE LEGISLATORS WHO HAVE SWORN AN OATH TO CARRY ON AFTER 1997? ARE YOU GOING TO GET ROUND THAT PROBLEM?
HOW
/MR HURD: