FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1993
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GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO PRESS AFTER OFFICIATING
40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME
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GOVERNOR: PUBLIC HOUSING IS, AS I WAS SAYING IN MY
REMARKS EARLIER,
IS STILL STILL
OF OUR GREATEST SUCCESS STORIES IN HONG KONG BUT THERE MORE FOR ALL OF US TO DO DESPITE THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS. WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS TO TACKLE. PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL SQUATTING, PEOPLE WHO ARE AREAS, LIVING AND HAVE BEEN LIVING FOR TOO LONG IN TEMPORARY HOUSING
AND PEOPLE VERY OFTEN THE ELDERLY WHO ARE AFFECTED BY REDEVELOPMENT
MANY HAVE ΤΟ SOME CLEARANCE AND, OF COURSE, THE ASPIRATION WHICH
GOT ΤΟ BECOME HOME OWNERS. ALL THOSE ARE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE STILL
40 000 DEAL WITH. WE ARE DETERMINED TO DO SO. WE ARE BUILDING OVER
AS I FLATS A YEAR THROUGH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. WE ARE DETERMINED,
YEAR, TO SAID IN MY SPEECH TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL EARLIER THIS
IN COPING ACHIEVE EVEN BETTER TARGETS IN COPING WITH CLEARANCE AND WITH REHOUSING THOSE WHO ARE IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS. SO, A LOT WORK TO DO BUT A VERY SOLID FOUNDATION LAID.
OF
A
QUESTION: MR PATTEN, WHEN YOU SAID THIS MORNING THAT BRITISH SUPPORTED CHINA IN GETTING GATT MEMBERSHIP AND SO THAT NOW CHINA SHOULD ADOPT
WAY
THE HANDLING
SINO-BRITISH CALM AND
IN MORE
SENSIBLE RELATION, ARE YOU PROPOSING A COUNTER THREAT TO WHAT
· ·
TRADE
HAVE
THIS
BEST
GOVERNOR: NO, I HAVE BEEN GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG FOR 18 MONTHS. I NEVER THREATENED ANYONE NOR DO I INTEND TO DO SO. I POINTED OUT MORNING THAT BRITAIN'S ONLY INTEREST WAS TO DO WHAT WAS IN THE
ALL VERY INTEREST OF HONG KONG AND SECONDLY, I POINTED OUT THAT WE
VIEW THAT ONE STRONGLY AGREED WITH PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN AND HIS
THAT'S SHOULD KEEP POLITICS AND ECONOMICS AND TRADE SEPARATE, I THINK VERY WISE AND SAGE ADVICE BY THE DISTINGUISHED PRESIDENT.
QUESTION: WILL THEN THE BRITISH POSITION BE CHANGED AFTER WU SAID THAT
THE RELATIONSHIP....?
JIANMIN
GOVERNOR: I HAVE SAID WHAT OUR POSITION IS. I GAVE WHEN SIMILAR THINGS WERE SAID LAST YEAR. I MEAN.
SIMILAR ANSWERS I DO TRY TO SAY ALWAYS WHAT
QUESTION: ARE YOU
TRANSPLANTING THE WELFARE-STATE SOCIAL SECURITY FROM OVERSEAS TO HONG KONG,
CONTRIBUTION
FROM
THE
CONCEPT OR THE
THAT
WORKING POPULATION OR
THE
IS... WHOLE
THE HONG
ONLY
KONG
POPULATION?
/GOVERNOR