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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1994
CONSULTATION UNDERWAY FOR AIRPORT CORPORATION
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON SAID HONG KONG WAS ENGAGING IN A GENUINE CONSULTATION ABOUT THE BEST WAYS OF ORGANISING THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY OR CORPORATION IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING LIMITED, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "I THINK EVERYBODY RECOGNISES GOT TO STRIKE A BALANCE.
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**ON THE ONE HAND, WE WANT TO HAVE AS AFFECTIVE A COMMERCIAL ORGANISATION AS POSSIBLE, MEETING CUSTOMERS' DEMANDS IN A COMPETITIVE AND FLEXIBLE WAY.
"ON THE OTHER HAND, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE ORGANISATION THAT WE SET UP WHERE IT SPENDS PUBLIC MONEY IS PROPERLY ACCOUNTABLE.
ASKED ABOUT LOCALISATION OF THE PROPOSED ORGANISATION,
MR PATTEN SAID: "I AM SURE THAT IN ESTABLISHING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CORPORATION OR AUTHORITY, THE DIRECTION OF THE CORPORATION OR AUTHORITY WILL WANT TO AND HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE TALENTS AVAILABLE AND WILL WANT TO HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE INJECTION OF LOCAL TALENT.
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I DON'T THINK THAT IN ANY OF OUR PUBLIC CORPORATIONS OR AUTHORITIES, ANYBODY WANTS TO TOTALLY EXCLUDE EXPATRIATE EXPERTISE."
ASKED TO RESPOND TO A STATEMENT BY THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON, THE GOVERNOR SAID: **THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAVEN'T YET AGREED ON, LET ALONE STARTED TO CONSIDER ALL THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1995, FOR INSTANCE, HOW THerefore CAN THE HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE SAY THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS ARF AGAINST THE BASIC LAW.
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'SRCONDLY, THE POSITION AS FAR AS DISTRICT BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS IS PERFECTLY CLEAR.
"NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IS AGAINST THE BASIC LAW."
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