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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1982

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COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT WHAT WAS, PERHAPS, THE SORT OF VIEWS PUT FORWARD BY YOURSELF AND UNOFFICIALS TO THE PRIME MINISTER.

SIR EDWARD SIR S.Y. YOU DID MUCH OF THE TALKING....

SIR S.Y. CHUNG:

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I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO CONVEY A VERY FULL AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF ALL THE VIEWS AND WISHES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWSPAPERS IN HONG KONG - THE PRESS, THE MEDIA - THROUGH CORRESPONDENCE WRITTEN TO US, PETITIONS MADE TO UMELCO AND STATEMENTS MADE BY A LARGE NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG, AND OF COURSE A NUMBER OF MAJOR OPINION SURVEYS CARRIED OUT IN HONG KONG RECENTLY.

WE WERE ABLE TO REFLECT ALL THE VIEWS AND WISHES AND WE WERE GIVEN A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

CAN YOU SINGLE OUT ONE PARTICULAR VERY DEFINITE POINT OF VIEW OF THE HONG KONG PUBLIC THAT YOU HAVE CONVEYED TO THE UK GOVERNMENT?

SIR EDWARD PERHAPS I SHOULD SAY THATˇˇDON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD

IDEA WHEN YOU HAVE A SUBJECT AS IMPORTANT AS THIS ONE TO TRY TO GO IN FOR SIMPLIFIED PHRASES.

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I THINK AS SIR S.Y. HAS SAID, THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR VIEWS IN A VERY WIDE RANGE OF PUBLICATIONS, OPINION POLLS AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING AND WHAT THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS DID, AND I CAN CERTAINLY GIVE YOU AN ASSURANCE OF THAT BECAUSE I WAS THERE TO HEAR THEM, WHAT THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS DID WAS TO GIVE A FAITHFUL AND VERY COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF ALL THOSE VIEWS.

AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL GIVEN THE STATE WE ARE IN TO TRY AND SUM THEM UP IN A FEW SIMPLE PHRASES.

DO YOU BELIEVE YOU CHANGED ANY OF MRS THATCHER'S IDEAS ON THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG OR DO YOU FIND YOURSELF MORE OR LESS IN AGREEMENT ON THE POINTS YOU COVERED?

SIR EDWARD I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK MRS THATCHER THAT

QUESTION WHEN SHE COMES HERE. BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE VERY OBVIOUS TO YOU IF SHE LISTENED VERY KEENLY TO WHAT WAS BEING SAID TO HER BECAUSE WE WERE THERE FOR A TOTAL OF TWO HOURS AND ALTHOUGH WE WERE IN PART ENJOYING AN EXCELLENT LUNCH WE WERE ALSO TALK ING THROUGHOUT THE LUNCH. SO WAIT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND TRY THE QUESTION AGAIN.

/REPORTER: WAS