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Governor: I very much hope that the meeting between the two foreign ministers will help improve co-operation on all issues.
Question: Will Mr Hurd mention about the problem of the CFA....
Governor: Mr Hurd as I said earlier will I'm sure want to cover the whole range of issues which are of concern to Britain and China.
Question: A recent survey conducted by the Federation of Trade Unions showed that illegal workers in Hong Kong, especially from the Philippines and Thailand is very serious. What will you do more to tackle this problem and to improve this situation ?
Governor: We've been taking as you know tough measures to deal with both employers who take on illegal workers knowingly and to deal with illegal workers as well. But one of the difficulties as you know that we face with illegal workers is that they're invariably working in substandard health and safety conditions, in sometimes fly-by-night industries or sectors of the economy. So we do have to take a tough line. Very often, you find where there is illegal worker there is exploitation, and they're very often on the edge of other sorts of crime as well. So we take a very serious view about it and we'll go on pursuing it as vigorously as possible. It's reasonable for the trade union movement to take such a considerable interest in the issue and I can assure you that interest is shared by the government and shared by all good employers.
Question: go ahead with tabling the Court of Final Appeal Bill
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