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Governor: Well, if he said that, he can't have had any chance recently of reading the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law. His remarks were ill-informed and extremely ill- judged. I think that they were rebutted with courtesy and firmness by the Financial Secretary and the Secretary for the Treasury. Let's remember what these talks amount to. They are a courtesy from the Government of Hong Kong, informing, and I underline that word, Chinese officials on how we run extremely successfully our budget. In Hong Kong, and it was something that was praised only last weekend by a leading American think-tank, in Hong Kong we contained public expenditure growth to keep it in line with the rate of growth of the economy. But we believe passionately that out of the proceeds of economic growth, we should make proper provision for our elderly, for the sick, for those in need, for our children, for those like young people at this training centre who need to learn new skills for their lives. What are Chinese officials proposing? Are they proposing that after 1997, they should run Hong Kong's budget? They can't conceivably have that in mind. Are they suggesting because the reason, the main reason for our increase in welfare spending is increase provision for the elderly. Are they suggesting that we should slash programmes of care for the elderly? Are they suggesting that we should cut housing provision for the elderly? Health provision for the elderly? Social security benefits for the elderly? That's not what Hong Kong wants. That's not Hong Kong believed the elderly deserve. We are talking about the people who have made this community, who've built this community. And they deserve first class services. I repeat something that the Director of Social Welfare has said. And that is that we have a first class, a first world economy in Hong Kong and we've got to make sure that our social provision is in line with that. And that is what my administration has been doing and I would be very surprised if the Chief Executive of the SAR didn't do exactly the same thing.
Question: The Airport Authority's membership list is finalised today. Do you have any expectation on the Airport Authority?
Governor: I very much hope that once we've established the Airport Authority, it will be able to get on as rapidly as possible with the completion of this great project, probably the biggest civil engineering project in the world. I think the agreement is good news. It should enable us to move ahead smoothly to finish the work which has been so well started by the Provisional Airport Authority despite the difficulties over financing which had been raised by Chinese officials. I hope that we will able to complete the airport now so that Hong Kong has the transport facilities which it deserves.
Question: There are strikes in the airport work sites recently. Do you think there are loopholes in the labour importation scheme?