THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1994
THIS
FIRST
AND
A
JUST
GOVERNOR: NO. WHAT I'M RECOGNISING, AND I ANSWERED A QUESTION ON QUITE FULLY YESTERDAY, WHAT I'M RECOGNISING IS THE IMPORTANCE, OF ALL, OF NOT ACTING WITHOUT HAVING FULLY CONSULTED THE PARENTS WITHOUT ACTUALLY ACTING IN A WAY WHICH THE FAMILY WANT THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER IN SINGAPORE TO ACT IN. AND SECONDLY, THERE IS LEGAL PROCESS WHICH IS GOING FORWARD, BEING HANDLED BY THE YOUNG MAN'S SOLICITORS AND LAWYERS AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ANY STEPS THIS UNTIL THAT LEGAL PROCESS HAS BEEN FINISHED. BUT I REPEAT THAT IN
WHICH HAS CASE AND IN OTHER CASES, WE WOULD NOT WANT TO TAKE ACTION NOT BEEN AGREED WITH THE PARENTS AND LEGAL ADVISERS OF THE FAMILY BECAUSE YOU CAN IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE MATTERS WORSE. I'D
COMMENT ADD ONE POINT WHICH I'VE MADE BEFORE. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF UNDERSTANDABLY ON THE SENTENCE PASSED IN THIS CASE. WE SHOULD JUST PUT WE IT ON RECORD THAT THE CRIME LEVEL IN HONG KONG WHILE NOT SOMETHING CAN BB COMPLACENT ABOUT, IS LOWER THAN THE CRIME LEVEL IN SINGAPORE.
QUESTION: SIR, DO YOU THINK IT IS ACCEPTABLE THAT THE VICE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG
THERE AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE YESTERDAY SAID THAT
BE BE CRITERIA SET OUT TO TRY TO SCRUTINISE THE CANDIDATES TO SHOULD ELECTED IN 1997, BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT ALL THE THREE-TIER COUNCIL ELECTIONS WILL BE DISMANTLED AT THAT TIME?
GOVERNOR: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THE VICE DIRECTOR OF THE NONA
REMARK. SAY AND I AM AFRAID I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT FULL HAS TO
I SAW ELECTORAL REPORTS OF ANOTHER REMARK HE MADE IN WHICH HE SAID THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE BASIC LAW AND SINCE THE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE BILL WHICH IS IN FRONT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AT THE MOMENT, DO COMPLY WITH THE BASIC LAW, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL VERY SATISFIED AND REGARD IT AS ANOTHER REASON WHY THERE DOESN'T TO BE ANY CHANGE IN 1997.
BE
HAVE
AUTHORITY
QUESTION: GOING BACK TO YOUR EARLIER QUOTE, DO YOU THINK UNDERMINING THE
OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ITS RECENT
THE PWC IS
RECOMMENDATIONS?
GOVERNOR: NO.
QUESTION: SIR, CAN YOU FOLLOW UP ON THE POINT YOU JUST SAID. I
THAT IT'S A VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU
CLARIFY
SHOULD AFFAIRS
OFFICE.
GOVERNOR: SORRY.
TRAIN FOR
QUESTION: AND BY THE WAY, BECAUSE THERE IS NO THROUGH THE ELECTED MEMBERS FOR THE THREE-TIER COUNCILS AND THEY WILL HAVE CHANCE TO BE BLOCKED UP FROM GETTING ONTO THE TRAIN AFTERWARDS?
AND JOINT
ALL
A
OF
GOVERNOR: I REPEAT WHAT I SAID EARLIER THAT OUR VIEW AND THE VIEW INDEPENDENT LAWYERS IS THAT THE PROPOSALS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD THE ARE AT PRESENT IN THE ELECTORAL BILL ARE WHOLLY IN LINE WITH
DECLARATION,
THE WITH THE BASIC LAW AND WITH
AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA. SO, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T DENY THE SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF CHINA AFTER 1997, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T DO THAT,
REPEAT ONCE AGAIN THAT THERE IS NO REASON WHY CHINESE OFFICIALS
AND SHOULD TALK ABOUT OVERTURNING THE ARRANGEMENTS IN 1997 FRANKLY, THEY DON'T YET KNOW WHAT THOSE ARRANGEMENTS ARE BECAUSE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HASN'T FINISHED CONSIDERING THE BILL. SO, THEY'VE GOT A CRYSTAL BALL, I AM AFRAID THEY DON'T ARRANGEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE.
KNOW
THE
UNLESS WHAT THE
/QUESTION: