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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1984
ANSWER:
+THE YEAR 2000 IS THE YEAR UP TO WHICH IT HAS BEEN AGREED THE GROUP WILL CONTINUE INTO EXISTENCE. IT WILL HAVE THE SAME FUNCTIONS AFTER 1997 AS BEFORE 1997 UP TO THAT DATE. IT WILL ENABLE BOTH SIDES, INCLUDING GREAT BRITAIN AFTER 1997 UNTIL 2000, TO CONTINUE TO CONSULT ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT. I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE THAT THE GROUP WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME FUNCTION DURING THAT PERIOD AS IT HAS HAD BEFORE.+
QUESTION FOUR, TSUI MING YUEN, WEN WEI PO:
+DURING YOUR RECENT VISIT TO PEKING, HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THE GREEN PAPER ON MORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT FOR HONG KONG WITH THE CHINESE LEADERS? IF YES, THEN WHAT ARE THE OPINIONS OR COMMENTS OF THE CHINESE LEADERS ON THIS ISSUE? MOREOVER, THE GOVERNOR HAS POINTED OUT THAT THE SUGGESTIONS OF THE GREEN PAPER CONSIST OF TWO PRINCIPLES, OF WHICH ONE IS TO ENSURE THAT THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS CARRIED OUT WITHIN THESE 13 YEARS COULD NOT AFFECT THE CONTINUITY AFTER 1997. IN THIS CASE, HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE THE ABOVE PRINCIPLE CAN BE FULFILLED IN ORDER TO SERVE CHINESE INTERESTS AFTER 1997?+
ANSWER:
+AS YOU KNOW, THE GREEN PAPER HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND IS STILL BEING CONSIDERED WITHIN HONG KONG. IT OUTLINES THE CHANGES IN THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT ARE VISUALISED DURING THE YEARS IMMEDIATELY AHEAD. THERE HAS BEEN NO DISCUSSION OF THE GREEN PAPER IN PEKING. BUT I HAVE DRAWN ATTENTION IN MY STATEMENT TO THE FACT THAT IT IS VISUALISED THAT AFTER 1997 HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO GOVERN HONG KONG.+
QUESTION FIVE, STEPHEN JESSELL, BBC, PEKING:
+DID YOU DISCUSS WITH CHINESE LEADERS THE POSSIBLE STATIONING OF THE PLA, THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY, IN THE TERRITORY AFTER 1997? WHAT WAS THEIR POSITION? DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY NUMBERS?+
ANSWER:
IT IS NOT
+1 KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME COMMENT ABOUT THAT. RIGHT FOR ME, AT THIS STAGE, TO SAY ANYTHING MORE HERE.+
/QUESTION SIX,
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