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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1993
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THE GOVERNOR: EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ABOUT WHAT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD DO. I'M DELIGHTED THAT HERE IS A MEMBER OF OFFICIALS, THAT THE THE PWC WHO RECOGNISES, UNLIKE SOME CHINESE
WITH IN DEALING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAS
CRUCIAL CENTRAL ROLE
KNOW, LEGISLATION ON ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS BECAUSE SOMETIMES AS YOU THAT IS NOT APPEARED TO BE THE POSITION OF THE CHINESE SIDE. BUT THIS IS CONFIRMATION OF THE CENTRAL ROLE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL I'M DELIGHTED. WE WILL PRESS FOR ARRANGEMENTS, AS THE EXECUTIVE 1994/1995, WHICH ARE FAIR, WHICH GIVE US CLEAN AND CREDIBLE ELECTIONS AND WHICH PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ACCEPT.
IF
AND
QUESTION:
JLG THE
MEETING IN LONDON HASN'T
ACHIEVED ANYTHING.
90 ISSUES, SO
OBVIOUSLY, THE ECONOMIC ISSUES ARE LINKED WITH POLITICAL WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT MOVE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT?
GOVERNOR:
IT'S
NOT FAIR TO SAY THE
JOINT
LIAISON
GROUP
ACHIEVED LIAISON THOSE MEETINGS.
ON
JUST AS POLITICAL WAS THE
NOTHING, BUT IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT THE OUTCOME OF THE JOINT
I HAVE TO SAY THAT GROUP MEETING WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING. ARE WORDS WHICH HAVE BEEN USED ABOUT RATHER A LOT OF JLG THERE HAVE BEEN 28 SERIES OF JLG MEETINGS SO FAR, AND WE IN HONG KONG ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT NOT MORE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE.
OF AFTER 17 ROUNDS
TALKS ON WE'RE DISAPPOINTED THAT DEVELOPMENT, THE ONLY THING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO AGREE VOTING AGE IN HONG KONG.
I THINK WOULD
THE JLG HASN'T MADE AS MUCH PROGRESS AS WE WOULD LIKE. THAT SOONER OR LATER, AND I HOPE IT'S SOONER, THAT CHINESE SIDE RECOGNISE THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET IT MOVE ON AND GET SOME PROGRESS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WELL-BEING AND LIVELIHOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG EVERY INITIATIVE KONG. THE HONG KONG SIDE IS VERY KEEN TO SUPPORT TAKEN BY THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR WHO LEADS THE TALKS TO INTENSIFY THEIR
CAN. WE POSSIBLY
CHINESE PACE AND
MAKE TO
AS MUCH PROGRESS AS OFFICIALS HAVE SAID AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT THEY DON'T THINK THERE IS
ECONOMIC ISSUES. LINK BETWEEN POLITICAL ISSUES AND LIVELIHOOD OR
DEMONSTRATE WELL, IT'S NOT JUST ENOUGH TO SAY THOSE THING; ONE HAS TO
то DO THEM AS WELL. AND I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT THEY WILL BE WANTING OVER THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.
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SHOULDN'T AND IT'S
IS LIKE
I'VE SAID SEVERAL TIMES THAT DURING THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION IF THERE ARE ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT WE CAN'T AGREE ABOUT, THAT STOP US COOPERATING ABOUT THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THINGS, PARTICULARLY THE CASE, I THINK, WITH JLG ISSUES BECAUSE THE JLG LARGELY DEALING WITH TECHNICAL MATTERS; NOT ENTIRELY, BUT ISSUES
THERE SHOULDN'T BE AN THE LOCALISATION OF LAWS ON WHICH, FRANKLY,
ARGUMENTS ABOUT ARGUMENT; THERE SHOULDN'T BE A DISPUTE. IF YOU HAVE
TO THINGS WHICH AREN'T CONTROVERSIAL, IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT
WHICH ARE GENUINELY DEAL
IN AN ADULT FASHION WITH ISSUES SENSIBLY CONTROVERSIAL. LAST QUESTION.
QUESTIONS: YOU HAVEN'T ANSWER MY ANSWER.
GOVERNOR: I DO.
/QUESTION: