WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1994
JOINT
IT IS A
ALL THAT IS TO GIVE FORM TO THE WORDS OF THE DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW, AND THAT IS ALL WE SEEK TO DO. NOT A HIDDEN AGENDA. TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE JOINT DECLARATION IS
LARGELY VERY PUBLIC AND OPEN AGENDA. WE HAVE SEEN WITH A LEGISLATURE ELECTED SINCE 1991 THE GOVERNMENT SUCCESSFULLY GETTING ITS LEGISLATION THROUGH. WE HAVE SEEN SINCE 1991 THE GOVERNMENT GETTING FUNDING FOR ANYBODY ITS PRINCIPAL PROGRAMMES, LIKE THE AIRPORT, SO I DO NOT HEAR SAYING WE
EFFECTIVE DO NOT HAVE
EXECUTIVE-LED GOVERNMENT USUALLY THEY SEEM TO BE CRITICISING THE EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TAKE AND THE GOVERNMENT TAKES. LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF PENSIONS; THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE GOVERNMENT GIVING A STRONG AND DECISIVE LEAD.
THE
TODAY. THAT I
IF
HAVE HEARD
THAT
YOU THERE TIME
CANNOT PICK AND CHOOSE. PEOPLE
I AM NOT SURE THAT HAD VOTED OTHERWISE ON JUNE 29 WE WOULD LEGISLATURE
FROM SOME OF THOSE WHO MAKE THE REMARKS GREAT CRITICISMS MENTIONED OF THE WAY THAT LEGISLATURE HAS CARRIED OUT ITS ROLE. HAVE BEEN ONE OR TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE CRITICISED US FROM TIME TO WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN METAPHORICALLY THROWING THEIR HATS INTO THE IF HATS THEY POSSESSED.
AND
WE SO
AIR,
HONG
HAVE
A
A
THE FOR WHICH MORE
IN SHOULD STICK TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS
WE THAT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN HONG KONG IS KONG, GOVERNMENT WHICH IS IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT DECLARATION, AND WE HAVE
DECISIVE LEAD TO THE
IN COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT WHICH GIVES A DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY THAT IS DELIGHTED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE ALL ITS WORKS, ALL ITS ACTIONS, ALL ITS DEEDS, TO A LEGISLATURE REFLECTS THE VIEW OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND WILL DO SO EVEN ACCURATELY AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN 1995, WHEN IT IS WHOLLY ELECTED BY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ARE FAIR AND OPEN, AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
QUESTION:
GOVERNOR:
DO YOU THINK CHINA SEES IT LIKE THAT?
YOU SHOULD ASK CHINESE OFFICIALS HOW THEY SEE IT, AND IF TO KNOW HOW THEY THEY DO
SEE IT LIKE THAT IT WOULD BE NICE NOT INTERPRET THE WORDS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
QUESTION:
ΤΟ THE
IN
YOU THINK THAT NATIONALITY WILL COME MORE DO FORE IN THE FUTURE IN HONG KONG, AND WAS THERE MUCH MENTION OF IT YOUR MEETINGS?
GOVERNOR:
CUNINGHAM
IN
YES,
IT WAS MENTIONED IN MY MEETINGS WITH DR
WHOM ASHDOWN AND MR
AND DAVID HOWELL, ALL OF
WERE INTERESTED NATIONALITY ISSUES, PARTICULARLY OF COURSE IN RELATION TO THE POSITION
ETHNIC MINORITIES, OF THE
THERE ON WHICH
IS A GOOD DEAL OF EXPRESSED UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT FOR THE CONCERNS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN HONG KONG.
GENERALLY MORE
WHICH THERE IS A RANGE OF ISSUES
DIFFICULT BEING CONSIDERED BY THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP WHICH ARE
I WILL NOT GO THROUGH THEM ALL BUT THEY REQUIRE EARLY AGREEMENT. TOUCH IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ON VISAS, ON NATIONALITY, ON TRAVEL, ENTRY REQUIREMENTS, ON RIGHT OF ABODE, AND WE DO NEED TO GET TACKLE THEM AND SETTLE THEM, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
ARE
AND
ALL
ON
ON AND
QUESTION:
WOULD YOU CONSIDER A MEETING BETWEEN YOU AND LU PING
AIRPORT, GOOD WAY OF PUSHING AHEAD THE WORK OF THE JLG AND THE GENERAL RELATIONSHIPS? DO YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING?
A
AND
/GOVERNOR