WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1993
GOVERNOR TO SET OUT POSITION IN ELECTION TALKS TO LEGCO
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GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON HE WOULD BE SETTING OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION ON THE TALKS ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TOMORROW, WITH THE HOPE THAT HONG KONG COULD STILL PROCEED AGREEMENT TO PUT IN PLACE THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE, MR PATTEN SAID: "WE'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES WITH GREAT SINCERITY IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL JUST AS WE DID IN LONDON.
"WB HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO PUT IN PLACE, AS THE GOVERNMENT, ARRANGEMENTS FOR OUR ELECTIONS IN HONG KONG. WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AS A RESULT OF AGREEMENT WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN THE CHINESE SIDE. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN VERY EASY."
NOTING THAT 17 ROUNDS OF TALKS HAD TAKEN PLACE WITHOUT REACHING AGREEMENT ON AS MANY ISSUES AS THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE, THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WHICH HAD NOT BEEN AGREED WHICH HE COULD NOT BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY WOULD REGARD AS BEING CONTROVERSIAL.
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OBVIOUSLY I'LL BE SETTING OUT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL THINK IS THE BEST WAY AHEAD TOMORROW AND HOPING THAT WE CAN STILL PROCEED BY AGREEMENT TO DISCHARGE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO PUT IN PLACE AS THE JOINT DECLARATION SAYS, AS THE BASIC LAW SAYS, ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHICH ARE FAIR AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PROPER FOUNDATIONS FOR THE RULE HERE IN HONG KONG FOR THE FUTURE, HE ADDED.
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CORRUPTION, THE
IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT THE TERMINATION OF MR ALEX TSUI BY THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS NOT SURE THE COMMUNITY WOULD THINK IT WAS PARTICULARLY WISE FOR LEGCO TO GET INVOLVED IN PARTICULAR CASES OR IN SOME SECOND GUESS, PARTICULAR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.
"WHAT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY IS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY, HAVE TO RECOGNISE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE STRONG MEASURES TO DEAL WITH CORRUPTION AND THE THREAT OF CORRUPTION, HE SAID.
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RULES TO COMBAT DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL INTRODUCE TWO BILLS TO AMEND THE SECURITIES ORDINANCE AND THE COMMODITIES TRADING ORDINANCE TO FACILITATE THE COMBAT AGAINST DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING IN THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES MARKETS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, MR TAM WING-PONG, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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