MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1994
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TRANSCRIPT OF CHIEF SECRETARY'S MEDIA SESSION
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CHIEF ON
FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION BY THE SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE PROGRESS REPORT UNDERTAKINGS IN THE 1992 AND 1993 POLICY ADDRESSES TODAY (MONDAY):
OF LIKED.
WE STILL
CS: I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN I'LL TAKE ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS. TODAY, WE ARE PUBLISHING THE PROGRESS REPORT WHICH GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PERFORMANCE IN MEETING THE POLICY OBJECTIVES, A TOTAL OF 221 POLICY PROPOSALS, WHICH WERE PUT FORWARD IN THE GOVERNOR'S 1992 AND
REMARKABLE ACHIEVED 1993 POLICY ADDRESS. ON THE WHOLE, WE HAVE PROGRESS. WE HAVE ALREADY FULLY IMPLEMENTED 75 OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT TARGET TO WE MADE IN THESE TWO POLICY ADDRESSES AND WE ARE WELL ON ACHIEVING 94 PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL COMMITMENTS. THERE ARE A NUMBER AREAS WHERE THE PROGRESS HAS NOT BEEN AS GOOD AS WE WOULD HAVE BUT, WE WILL BE MAKING EVERY EFFORT AND ON CURRENT PROGRESS, EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO MEET OUR TARGET BY THE STIPULATED DATE. I THERE CAN BE VERY FEW GOVERNMENTS WHICH, FIRST OF ALL, HAVE
ACCOUNT OF ITS THEIR
AND GIVEN SUCH A DETAILED POLICY OBJECTIVES
THINK PERFORMANCE AND IN RESPECT OF THE SUCCESS RATE OF 94 PERCENT, I
I'VE CAN
RATE. ALL BE ENCOURAGED BY THIS VERY HIGH SUCCESS
WE WE STRESSED,
ARE
GOVERNMENT. AN ACCOUNTABLE AND EXECUTIVE-LED
ΤΟ THE BELIEVE IN SETTING OUT OUR POLICY OBJECTIVES AND ACCOUNTING PUBLIC
WE HAVE ACHIEVED THESE HOW ACTUALLY
TARGETS
WILL THE ΤΟ CONTINUE
MAKE THE BEST OF EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THE STIPULATED DATE. I'LL TAKE A FEW QUESTIONS.
WE
THINK PUBLISHED
AS
AND WE
BY TARGET
IT THE
QUESTION: MRS CHAN, WHERE THERE HAS BEEN SOME SHORTFALLS, IS CASE OF THE ADMINISTRATION BEING TOO AMBITIOUS IN SETTING THE ORIGINAL HAVE SET YOU TARGET OR IS IT OVERTAKEN BY UNFORESEEN EVENTS WHICH BACK?
WHERE THE
CS: I THINK THERE ARE VARIOUS REASONS. MOST OF THE AREAS PROGRESS HAS NOT BEEN, PERHAPS, AS GOOD AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED, ARE IN DIFFICULTY FACT IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE AREA AND THERE, ONE PARTICULAR
THE IS LOCATING SUITABLE PREMISES FOR WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED, SERVICES THAT WE WISH TO LAY ON FOR THE
CHILDREN, ELDERLY, DISABLED PEOPLE. WE ARE RECEIVING MAXIMUM CO-OPERATION FROM PARTIES INVOLVED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE STRENUOUS
I LOCATE SUITABLE PREMISES. IN OTHER AREAS,
SOME OF
MAY HAVE THE PROJECTS, WE EXAMPLE,
IN
IMPACT, DIFFICULTIES
ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESUMPTIONS AND CLEARANCES OF LAND. SO, THERE AGAIN, MAKING STRENUOUS EFFORTS. BUT ON THE WHOLE, I STRESS AGAIN, IT
OF REMARKABLE
RATE SUCCESS
TO HAVE ACHIEVED 94 PERCENT COMMITMENTS.
VARIOUS
AND ALL THE EFFORTS ΤΟ THINK PROBABLY, UNDER-ESTIMATED
FOR
THE
CARRYING WE WOULD
OUT
BE
IS A
TOTAL
OUR
QUESTION: MRS CHAN, DO YOU THINK THAT SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS BEING THE WAY THEY ARE NOW, HAVE HINDERED PROGRESS...?
OF
A
CS: I HAVE SAID THAT IN ONE OR TWO AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CASE THE ADAPTATION AND LOCALISATION OF LAW, IT IS A COMMON FACT, IT IS
WOULD KNOWN FACT THAT PROGRESS IN THE JLG HAS NOT BEEN AS GOOD AS WE
HEARD
THE LIKED
RECENT HAVE
BUT
FROM I THINK YOU WILL ALSO HAVE MEETING BETWEEN DOUGLAS HURD AND QIAN QICHEN THAT BOTH SIDES DO WISH TO CO-OPERATE AND I VERY HOPE THAT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE WILL BE SITTING DOWN TO EXAMINE THOSE AREAS WHERE BOTH SIDES CAN INTENSIFY CO- OPERATION.
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