FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1994
GOVERNOR:
4
KINGDOM,
THE
MR GOODLAD HAS BROUGHT BACK A MESSAGE THAT UNITED
AS COMPREHENSIVE CO-OPERATION AS AS EVER, IS SINCERE IN WANTING POSSIBLE IN HONG KONG'S INTERESTS AND WE HOPE THAT CHINA IS SINCERE AS
SINCERE ABOUT CO WELL ABOUT CO-OPERATION BECAUSE IF CHINA ISN'T OPERATION, THEN THE LOSERS IN THE MEDIUM AND LONG TERM WILL BE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND, I SUSPECT, CHINESE INTERESTS AS WELL. SO, WANT TO SEE CO-OPERATION AND I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG
THE GROUND. TO SEE
ACTUALLY ACHIEVING THINGS ON CO-OPERATION HAPPENED TO BE FAIR OVER THE DEFENCE LAND'S DEAL RATHER THAN JUST OPERATION BEING SOMETHING THAT'S TALKED ABOUT BY OFFICIALS.
WE
WANT
HAS
CO-
THE TWO FOREIGN QUESTION: MR PATTEN, ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC THAT WHEN MINISTERS MEET IN SEPTEMBER THE AIRPORT TALKS WILL HAVE AN AGREEMENT?
KNOW
AT THE GOVERNOR: AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN EXPERTS MEETING GOING ON
REFERRED TO MOMENT ON THE AIRPORT. I THINK ONE OR TWO OF THE PAPERS THAT THIS MORNING. I HOPE THAT THAT MEETING GOES WELL. WE ALL THAT THE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES ON THE AIRPORT IS EXTREMELY NARROW,
GOING AND I THINK THE SOONER IT'S BRIDGED THE BETTER BUT I'M NOT PREDICT PRECISE TIME WHEN I THINK THAT GAP WILL BE FINALLY BRIDGED. FIND IT IN SOME WAYS DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHY THE GAPS STILL I'M
ΤΟ
EXIST. SO
MEAN TIME, BEING BUILT
CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO PREDICT WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE BRIDGED. IN THE MEAN TIME, IF I CAN JUST MAKE THE POINT, THAT IN THE THE AIRPORT IS BEING BUILT, BY MOST PEOPLE'S STANDARD, VERY RAPIDLY AND CERTAINLY VERY COST EFFECTIVELY.
CAN
QUESTION:
YOU CONFIRM THAT HUANG
SHENZHEN'S LIN, OFFICIAL WAS INTERCEPTED BY HONG KONG IMMIGRATION PEOPLE, RETURNED TO CHINA?
SECURITY HAS BEEN
GOVERNOR:
NO,
I
WOULDN'T
COMMENT
ON
INDIVIDUAL
CASE
IN
ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES.
QUESTION: HOW ABOUT JAMES SO'S TRIP, ANY EXPECTATIONS? ARE THERE ONES?
NEXT
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GOVERNOR: WE WANT TO SEE MORE MEETINGS BETWEEN OFFICIALS. WE WANT SEE MORE VISITS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. I AM VERY PLEASED THAT JAMES SO IS MAKING THIS VISIT WITH SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES AT THE INVITATION OF THEIR OPPOSITE NUMBERS IN PEKING. THERE ARE, I THINK,
OTHER PROSPECTS
TO SEE THAT OUR
OF VISITS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS IN THE PIPELINE. AND WE'D LIKE THOSE CONTINUE AND, INDEED, BE STEPPED UP. I AM VERY KEEN
OF SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS SHOULD HAVE THE BROADEST POSSIBLE EXPERIENCE
AND CHINA,
I MEETING AND WORKING WITH THOSE DOING SIMILAR JOBS IN
WE DO THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR PRC OFFICIALS TO COME AND SEE HOW THINGS IN HONG KONG. I THINK WE DO THINGS PRETTY WELL.
SINO-
IS
OTHER
QUESTION: SIR, DO YOU THINK AFTER MR GOODLAD'S VISIT TO CHINA, BRITISH RELATIONSHIP HAS ENTERED ANOTHER NEW PHRASE?
GOVERNOR: I THINK THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO GREAT NATIONS ALWAYS A LIVING, CHANGING THING, AND I HOPE THAT IT WILL, AMONG THINGS, IN THE FUTURE REFLECT WHAT SHOULD BE OUR JOINT COMMITMENT THE WELL-BEING AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG, ANY OTHERS?
IN SHENZHEN, IS
QUESTION:
CONCERNED
ADDRESSED AT ALL?
ABOUT THE PLA
ΤΟ
THAT
BEING
GOVERNOR: THAT'S A MATTER FOR THE PRC WHERE THEY PLACE FORCES. IT'S NOT A MATTER FOR ME.
THEIR
ARMED
/QUESTION