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(INAUDIBLE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1994
FUTURE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION ON TAIWAN)
THAT WE BUT OF
WE HAVE NEVER, IN ANY OUR POLICY TOWARDS TAIWAN IS VERY CLEAR.
INDICATION ANY ACT, AND WE
NOT WISH TO GIVE WILL RECOGNISE THE LEGITIMACY OF THE TAIWANESE GOVERNMENT, COURSE IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT, IN TERMS OF DOING BUSINESS IN HONG
KONG, HONG
THEY THEY INVEST IN KONG, TAIWAN IS DOING BEST. INVEST IN CHINA.
(INAUDIBLE
PRESS FREEDOM)
WE
ON OUR HAVE
OUR
HAVE
то MAINTAIN THERE IS
WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MAINTAINING PRESS FREEDOM BECAUSE BELIEVE THAT TO BE ONE OF OUR FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS THAT GUARANTEE THAT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AN OPEN, CREDIBLE GOVERNMENT
WOULD BE EXTREMELY IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LEGISLATURE, PRESS
THAT NOTHING WE IMPORTANT.
ENGAGED IN ENSURING ARE STATUTORY BOOKS IN ANY WAY INHIBIT PRESS FREEDOM AND WE ALREADY, FOR EXAMPLE, MADE AMENDMENT TO SOME LEGISLATIONS ON BOOKS. WHICH HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT WHICH NEVER BEEN EXERCISED. BUT AS I SAID, WE ARE KEEN PRESS FREEDOM AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING IN OUR STATUTORY BOOKS THAT WILL IN ANY WAY INHIBIT PRESS AS 1997 FREEDOM. WE ARE OF COURSE ALSO CONCERNED PARTICUALRY
MEDIA DRAWS NEARER THAT THE PRESS, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, OR THE THEMSELVES, SHOULD NOT IN ANY WAY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO EXERCISE SELF CENSORSHIP. WE WILL WISH TO SEE, CONTINUE TO SEE AN THRIVING PRESS, A RESPONSIBLE PRESS WHO WILL QUESTION THE ACTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE, WILL CONTINUE TO I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR HONG HAVE AN INQUIRING MIND.
то CONTINUE ALSO,
INSPIRE KONG AND WOULD OBVIOUSLY I THINK
THERE IS A BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997. BUT
WE HAVE SEEN SOME INDICATION AND, DANGER OF SELF CENSORHIP.
OBVIOUSLY I THINK ALSO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CAN DO ITS PART,
ᏢᎪᎡᎢ . BUT THE CHINESE MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA CAN ALSO DO ITS
THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT, IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT THEY WILL BE
CONFIDENCE TO SOVEREIGN POWER CAN ALSO DO A GREAT DEAL TO GIVE THE PRESS. Q: (INAUDIBLE)
YES, WELL, I THINK MOST OF THE MANY SYSTEMS IN
OPEN,
BUT
CHINA ARE NOT
COUNTRIES.
QUITE THE SAME AS THEY ARE IN HONG KONG OR IN WESTERN BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT ALL OF OUR FREEDOMS ARE GUARANTEED IN THE AM HOPEFUL THAT THE THE BASIC LAW, I JOINT DECLARATION AND
OCCASIONS, CHINESE WILL, ALONG THAT, THEY HAVE AFTER ALL ON MANY STRESSED THEIR FULL COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW. THANK YOU.
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