WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1994
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WHICH I EITHER IN GOING ON.
WOULD LIKE
SERVICE
ΤΟ
I WANTED AND WHAT WE TACKLING IT. AND THE SECOND
ΤΟ
HIM TALK
ABOUT, ISSUE WHICH IS ANOTHER
WAS WHICH
THE
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I'VE MADE IT CLEAR TO DIRECTOR LU PING ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS BE HAPPY TO MEET AND TO OTHER SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS THAT I WOULD
OF HONG KONG. I THEM AND TALK TO THEM AT ANY TIME IN THE INTEREST
OF BOTH SIDES, THINK THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WOULD EXPECT
I'VE SAID BOTH OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND OF CHINESE OFFICIALS.
THAT I TO DIRECTOR LU PING A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS
[ WROTE TO HIM MOST WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE WITH HIM.
VISIT ON APRIL 13 AND I SAID RECENTLY BEFORE WE KNEW OF HIS IMPENDING
PARTICULAR IN ON THAT OCCASION THAT THERE WERE TWO ISSUES
TALKING TO HIM ABOUT, WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY OF PRIVATE OR WITH PEOPLE KNOWING THAT THE CONVERSATIONS WERE
OF PROPERTY PRICES BECAUSE THE FIRST IS THE WHOLE QUESTION TO PUT HIM IN THE PICTURE ABOUT HOW WE SAW THE SITUATION THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD IN ISSUE WHICH I SAID I TRANSITION OF THE CIVIL IMPORTANT TO US BOTH. WELL, WE READ A GOOD DEAL OF SPECULATION IN
REPLY UNTIL TODAY. PRESS BUT WE DIDN'T GET A LU PING HAS WRITTEN TO SAY THAT HIS SCHEDULE
ABLE TO BE OCCASION THAT HE WON'T ON THIS
THOUGH
HE DISCUSSION
THINK,
SUGGESTED I OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE WHICH IS INDEED I VERY MUCH HOPE THE CASE. I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD THIS THAT I AM PREPARED TO CROSS ANY STREET, OPEN ANY DOOR, SHAKE ANY HAND, TALK TO ANYONE IF IT IS IN THE INTEREST HONG KONG. AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WOULD I THINK PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WANT US TO TALK TOGETHER. I THINK IN HONG KONG WANT US TO CO-OPERATE IN THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG. I
MAKE MANY SURE THAT DIRECTOR LU PING WILL NEED TO MAKE AND WANT TO FUTURE VISITS TO HONG KONG BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 30, 1997 AND I AM SURE THAT HE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY DURING THOSE VISITS OF DOING WHAT I AM SURE, EVERYONE IN HONG KONG WOULD LIKE AND THAT IS TO TALK TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT,
QUESTION: DO
THE DIRECTOR AND TODAY, IS SO BUSY IN HONG KONG
VISIT
ΤΟ AND
HAVE A MAY THERE
BE THAT
YOU THINK HE WOULD INFRINGE WITH THE MOU IF HE GOING TO SEE YOU?
GOVERNOR: I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION YOU'D BETTER ASK HIM.
OF
EXPECT.
PEOPLE
AM
IS NOT
ΤΟ MEET
QUESTION: SIR, WILL YOU STILL LET THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS DIRECTOR LU PING TO SHOW THAT YOU WANT TO CO-OPERATE WITH THEM?
GOVERNOR: IF HIS SCHEDULE'S TOO BUSY TO MEET THE GOVERNOR, IT MUST BE TOO BUSY TO MEET ANY SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS. KNOW, THE CHIEF SECRETARY IS AWAY AT THE MOMENT.
QUESTION: SINGAPORE?
I IMAGINE AND AS YOU
HAVE YOU ANY PLAN TO INTERVENE ON THE CANING OF THE BOY
IN
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TILE YOUNG GOVERNOR: I THINK I AM RIGHT IN SAYING THAT THE FAMILY OF
THE GOING THROUGH
LEGAL STILL PRESENT AT MAN IN
ARE QUESTION
THING PROCESSES. THEY HAVEN'T APPROACHED US AND I THINK THE SENSIBLE
FORWARD. AT THE MOMENT TO DO IS TO ALLOW THE LEGAL PROCESSES TO GO THERE IS JUST ONE POINT THAT I WOULD ADD AND SINCE THERE HAS BEEN
IN RECENT MUCH SPECULATION ABOUT CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN THE REGION WEEKS, PERHAPS, BECAUSE OF THIS AFFAIR, IT IS WORTH US ALL REMEMBERING IN HONG KONG THAT THE CRIME RATES IN HONG KONG ARE LESS BAD THAN CRIME RATES IN SINGAPORE.
THE
/QUESTION: