Transcript of media session by Director of Administration
Following is the transcript of the media session by the Director of Administration, Mr Richard Hoare, after the Joint Liaison Group expert talks on the Court of Final Appeal on June 1, 1995:
Hoare: I am sorry to keep you all waiting. It's been a long day for us as well as you. As Mr Chen has said, today the British side gave a positive response to the package of proposals that he put to us two days ago. And the situation is now that we are waiting for, or we will be waiting for Chinese's response to our positive response so to speak, and as Mr Chen has said, we hope that this would be forthcoming next week.
Q: Does this mean you are holding more talks?
Hoare: That's correct. That's Mr Chen has said.
Q: We did not understand Mr Chen, so......
Hoare: Yes, as Mr Chen said, we hope to have the Chinese response next week, and then we will then obviously meet again to discuss that.
Q: inaudible...
Hoare: We don't have any specific date yet for that meeting. I'm afraid there's nothing else I can say to you at this stage.
Q: What are the difficulties left at this stage? Will the Government put forward the Bill on schedule this month?
Hoare: I'm afraid I can't make any more comment at this stage. Thank you.
End/Thursday, June 1, 1995