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SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1994
TRANSCRIPT OF MEDIA SESSION BY CS
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THE FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN AFTER HER VISIT TO THE MAI PO THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON:
BY THE MARSHES
WORDS
I AM
CS: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY A FEW ABOUT THIS VISIT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE VISITED MAI PO.
EVENT FOR GLAD TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ANNUAL BIRD RACING FUND RAISING PURPOSES. YOU ARE ALL AWARE THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IMPROVING ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT EDUCATING THEIR CHILDREN AND ABOUT
AND THE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. I THINK THIS WILDLIFE EDUCATION CENTRE NATURAL RESERVE IS ONE OF THE ENVIES OF CONSERVATIONISTS ALL OVER THE PLACE. I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE ABOUT 30,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VISITING THIS CENTRE. IN A WAY IF THE FACT YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I THINK IT'S SURPRISING TO REFLECT ON THAT UNTIL ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO, WE HAD NONE OF THIS LOCAL EFFORT. SO,
KONG QUITE CLEARLY, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND HONG BRANCH HAS ACTED AS A SORT OF FOCAL POINT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRIBUTE TO THE EFFORTS OF THE HONG KONG WORLD WILDLIFE FUND TRUSTEES, THEIR CORPORATE SPONSORS BUT ALSO THE MANY THOUSANDS OF ORDINARY MEMBERS THAT
ACTIVITIES THEY HAVE WHO TAKE PART IN EDUCATIONAL ALSO TAKE PART IN HELPING TO RAISING FUNDS IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS WORTHWHILE CAUSE GOING.
PAY
AND
VERY
OF ALL,
SO I
WHOLE AT THE APPEAL
THE
TWO OTHER MATTERS ON WHICH I WANT TO COMMENT. FIRST YOU'LL NOT BE SURPRISED BUT YOU'LL ASK ME IF I DON'T COMMENT, COMMENT FIRST AND THAT IS THE XI YANG CASE. THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG IS VERY UNDERSTANDABLY CONCERNED BOTH AT THE WHOLE PROCESS, THE TRIAL PROCESS OF XI YANG, AT THE JUDGMENT AND, IN PARTICULAR, OUTCOME OF HIS APPEAL. THEY ARE ALL VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE HAS FAILED. AS I SAID, THESE CONCERNS ARE VERY UNDERSTANDABLE AND
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SHARES THESE CONCERNS, I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT
OF THE CHINESE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS THIS CONCERN ON THE PART HONG KONG
YANG CASE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT THE HANDLING OF THE XI UNDERLINES THE NEED
TO FOR US TO DO EVERYTHING WE
CAN POSSIBLY
THE SAFEGUARD THE FREEDOMS THAT ARE ENSHRINED AND PROMISED TO US IN JOINT
SENTENCE HEAVY DECLARATION. OBVIOUSLY, THE SENTENCE, THE VERY
PARTICULARLY IMPOSED UPON XI YANG HAS CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN, ON THE PART OF HONG KONG JOURNALISTS WHO ARE DAILY OPERATING IN CHINA,
FROM THEIR LEGITIMATE BUSINESS OF NEWS COVERAGE. GOING ABOUT POINT OF VIEW, I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THE CHINESE CAN, AT A VERY DAY, MAKE CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT THE RULES ARE SO THAT HONG KONG REPORTERS OPERATING IN CHINA CAN ENSURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THESE RULES.
THEIR EARLY
/FINALLY, I