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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1994
QUESTION:
ON HAITI?
CAN YOU TELL US YOUR REACTION TO PRESIDENT CLINTON'S
PLANS
MR DOUGLAS HURD: YES, WELL WE SUPPORT THE UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION,
PRESIDENT RESOLUTION UNDER WHICH
CLINTON IS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ACTING. WE'VE MADE THAT CLEAR, WE BELIEVE IT'S JUSTIFIED AND THAT THE REGIME IN HAITI IS ILLEGAL. IT'S BEEN GIVEN PLENTY OF TIME TO CORRECT THE POSITION, IT'S NOT DONE 50.
QUESTION:
MR
...EXPECT BREAKTHROUGH AT JLG MEETING...?
MEETING.
BOTH
LIAISON
MACHINERY
DOUGLAS HURD: NO, I DON'T EXPECT A BREAKTHROUGH AT THIS IT JUST SEEMED TO ME SENSIBLE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SIDES OF THE JLG. FOR THE REASON I'VE GIVEN, THE JLG, JOINT GROUP, IS AN IMPORTANT BODY, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SET
DIFFICULTIES, IT'S RUN INTO SOME BY THE JOINT DECLARATION. IT'S DONE SOME VERY USEFUL WORK, FOR EXAMPLE ON DEFENCE LANDS, BUT HAS PROBLEMS AHEAD OF IT AND I WOULD LIKE JUST TO MEET BOTH SIDES THE JLG AND ENCOURAGE THEM IN THEIR WORK.
IT
OF
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SPEED UP THE PROGRESS OF JLG.
QUESTION:
MR
DOUGLAS HURD:
F
•
?
KONG
AND
IT'S A SHARED INTEREST OF CHINA AND HONG BRITAIN THAT HONG KONG SHOULD MOVE INTO IT'S NEW STATUS IN 1997, FULLY LAWS EQUIPPED. BY THAT I MEAN THAT IT HAS IN PLACE THE FRAMEWORK OF WHICH ENABLE HONG KONG TO SUCCEED. THAT IS THE WORK OF THE JOINT WE'RE SIMPLY LIAISON GROUP, SO WE ARE NOT ASKING FAVOURS OF CHINA. SAYING, PLEASE CONSIDER THE WORK OF THIS GROUP, WHAT IT HAS TO DO THE SHARED INTEREST IN ITS SUCCESS. ANY MORE, ONE MORE?
QUESTION:
+
•
ATMOSPHERE OF MEETING IN LEGCO...
+
?
DOUGLAS HURD:
AND
TIME BUT MR
THERE WAS A LITTLE RHETORIC FROM TIME TO
DEALING LESS THAN ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS. RHETORIC IS NOT HELPFUL IN WITH
WITH THE
THESE OF ISSUES WE DISCUSSED. KIND
WE ARE DEALING
WHERE THERE ISSUES IN GOOD FAITH, I THINK THAT THAT IS RECOGNISED. ARE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, THAT'S INEVITABLE IN A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
KIND BUT WE HAD A GOOD AND I OF THIS
WOULD SAY A WORKMAN-LIKE
DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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LAND REGISTRY RELEASES FIGURES FOR AUGUST
AND
LAND
CENT AUGUST
THE NUMBER OF SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING UNITS RECEIVED FOR REGISTRATION IN THE REGISTRY LAST MONTH WAS 6,355, REPRESENTING DECREASES OF 8.3 PER
56.7
1994 AND AND
PER CENT RESPECTIVELY COMPARED WITH JULY 1993.
THE
BILLION,
TOTAL CONSIDERATION OF THE AGREEMENTS DOWN 17.3 PER CENT AND 45.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY FIGURES FOR JULY 1994 AND AUGUST 1993.
AMOUNTS
то FROM
$20.6 THE
/THE FIGURES
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