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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1994
FINANCIAL SECRETARY ATTENDS APEC MEETING
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FOLLOWING IS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SIR HAMISH MACLEOD'S MEDIA SESSION AT THE AIRPORT TODAY (NOVEMBER 13):
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GONE PRETTY FS:
I THINK SO FAR ON APEC, THE MINISTERIAL HAS WELL BUT CLEARLY, THE MAIN ISSUE, THE KEY ISSUE, HAS BEEN LEFT FOR THE THE DECLARATION ON LEADERS AND THAT'S TO SAY HOW FAR WE CAN GO ON
CLEARLY, THAT ACHIEVING FREE TRADE AND IN PARTICULAR BY WHAT DATE.
LOOK FORWARD ΤΟ HAS BEEN LEFT OPEN FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION SO I'LL THAT.
GET ΤΟ ON
I WILL BE BEING BRIEFED, OBVIOUSLY, BY OUR TEAM WHEN I JAKARTA, ON THE LATEST ISSUES, BUT I THINK THE MAIN FOCUS WILL BE THE DECLARATION, I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING,
IF CAN
TO BE AS WE, OF COURSE, WILL DO OUR BEST TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS
AND I KNOW THAT POSITIVE AS POSSIBLE ON THE FREE TRADE DECLARATION PROBABLY MOST MEMBERS ARE PRETTY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THAT, I THINK WE CAN GET THE TARGET SET, THE LONG TERM TARGET, THEN THE DETAILS
WE HAVE TIME OVER THE NEXT COME LATER; THEY WILL NOT BE EASY BUT
THE DECLARATION IF AT ALL MONTHS TO SORT THAT OUT BUT WE MUST GET POSSIBLE. ANY QUESTIONS?
QUESTION:
MR MACLEOD, DO YOU MIND IF I SIDE TRACK ABOUT THE AIRPORT?
A BIT TO
ASK
FS:
YOU CAN TRY BUT I MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
QUESTION:
SO, ANY PROGRESS ON THE TALKS?
FS:
THE
I DON'T THINK I'VE GOT ANYTHING NEW ON THE AIRPORT.
QUESTION:
WELL, IN ORDER TO MAKE A VERY CLEAR DECLARATION OF
SHOULD BE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE MTRC, DO YOU AGREE THAT IT MADE CLEAR IN THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AGREEMENT THAT THE SHARE OF MTRC SHOULD BE INCLUDED INTO THE TEXT?
INTEREST
FS:
WELL, I'M DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY ARE JUST BEING DISCUSSED, So THOSE DISCUSSIONS, I I DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT DETAIL. THINK BOTH SIDES CERTAINLY INTEND TO GET THROUGH THEM AS POSSIBLE AND SO I HOPE THAT WILL BE THE CASE.
QUESTION:
ISN'T IT LIKELY FOR THE FINANCIAL
QUICKLY AS
SUPPORT AGREEMENTS
YOU HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE WILL BE REACHED BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR?
FS:
WE DIDN'T,
I CERTAINLY HOPE SO. I WOULD BE VERY DISAPPOINTED
IF
/QUESTION: