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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1995

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HK BILL GIVES EFFECT TO PACT: GOVERNOR

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THE HONG KONG BILL IS DESIGNED TO CARRY OUT WHAT WAS IN THE AGREEMENT AND WHAT WAS IN THE EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY)

+ IF YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU WILL SEE THAT WHAT WAS AGREED SHOULD BE DONE IS NOW BEING DONE IN THE BILL, HE SAID.

SIR EDWARD WAS TALKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE BUTTERFLY ESTATE POST OFFICE IN TUEN MUN.

+BY COINCIDENCE I SHALL BE IN LONDON AT THE TIME OF THE DEBATE,+ HE SAID.

+ IT WAS A COINCIDENCE BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HEAR THE DEBATE WHILE I AM THERE,+ HE SAID.

+ SHALL BE SITTING UP IN THE GALLERY LISTENING.+

ASKED WHETHER THE HONG KONG BILL APPLIES TO ECONOMIC TREATIES, SIR EDWARD SAID, IT IS OF LIMITED EFFECT -- ONLY THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE UNDER THE AGREEMENT.+

ON HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GOVERNOR SAID HE WOULD BE IN NEW YORK FOR TWO DAYS.

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+ AND THEN I GO UP TO WASHINGTON FOR A QUICK VISIT TO SEE THE AMBASSADOR AND SENIOR US OFFICIALS. I SHALL BE GOING BACK TO NEW YORK THAT SAME EVENING AND THEN FLYING TO LONDON OVER THE WEEKEND, + HE SAID.

SIR EDWARD ADDED THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF HIS VISIT TO LONDON WAS TO GIVE A LECTURE TO THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

+THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE BUT NOW IT IS PROVING TO BE QUITE A CONVENIENT DATE TO BE THERE.

+I WILL BE SEEING MINISTERS, AND I WILL SEE THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND OTHER FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIALS AT THE TIME AS WELL AS TALKING TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, MR HAYE, WHO BY THEN WILL BE WELL ESTABLISHED, + HE SAID.

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