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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1994
GOVERNOR CALLS FOR EARLY RESOLUTION OF RIGHT OF ABODE
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THE RIGHT OF ABODE INVOLVES COMPLICATED ISSUES ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF CITIZENSHIP BUT AN EARLY RESOLUTION CAN PUT AT THE ANXIETY OF SOME OF THE 400,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE SUCH A CONTRIBUTION TO HONG KONG COMMUNITY, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY),
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL'S NEW CLINICAL BLOCK, MR PATTEN SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS VERY ANXIOUS TO DO AS MUCH THROUGH THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE WERE SCORES OF ISSUES THAT HAD TO BE DEALT WITH AND THE RIGHT OF ABODE WAS ONE OF THEM.
"IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE AND THE SOONER WE CAN PUT IT TO REST THE BETTER AND IF DIRECTOR LU PING'S REMARKS YESTERDAY SUGGEST THAT THE CHINESE SIDE ARE READY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, THEN WE'LL BE ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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"IT WILL BE, I THINK, A TRIBUTE TO CHINESE OFFICIALS AS WELL AS TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IF WE CAN GET IT RESOLVED.
IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT THE RECENT REQUEST BY THE PRELIMINARY WORKING COMMITTEE FOR THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (PWC) MR PATTEN REITERATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT POSITION REMAINED AS IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN.
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"WE PROVIDE INFORMATION TO GROUPS AND THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY WANT THAT INFORMATION AND WE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION IF MEMBERS OF THE PWC WANT TO BE INFORMED ABOUT EITHER THE AIRPORT CORPORATION WHITE BILL OR THE FUNDING OF THE AIRPORT," HE SAID.
"THE CHIEF SECRETARY GAVE A VERY FULL AND COMPREHENSIVE ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY WHICH I WHOLLY SUPPORT.
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"WE ARE AN OPEN GOVERNMENT. WE ARE A GOVERNMENT WHICH WANTS COMMUNICATE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE.
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"I AM SURE THAT THE SENSIBLE THING TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EXISTING CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE WORK AS SUCCESSFULLY AS POSSIBLE."
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