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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987

PARTICULAR

WHEN

"A CHANGE AWAY FROM ESTABLISHED PRACTICES, IN

VERY THESE DO TOUCH

DIRECTLY ON NATIONAL POLITICAL SENSIBILITIES ELSEWHERE, IN ITSELF MIGHT BE SEEN AS A DELIBERATE ACT INTENDED TO PREJUDICIAL TO GOOD RELATIONS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THE NEED FOR LOGICAL RESULT CHANGE IS IMPOSED FROM THE OUTSIDE, IS JUSTIFIED AS A

WHICH NEW CIRCUMSTANCES, OR

HAS OF INTERVENING DEVELOPMENTS AND

NO

INHERENT HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES, HE SAID.

||

NOT

MR SOHMEN SAID: "AFTER ALL, IN THIS CONTEXT WE ARE DEALING

ARE OBVIOUSLY, ONLY WITH THE DOMESTIC PERCEPTION OF WHAT EXPRESSIONS

PREJUDICIAL BUT HAVE ΤΟ FACE THE OR POSSIBLY, PREJUDICIAL OR NOT

PUT OR MISINTERPRETATION

UPON POSSIBILITY THAT THE INTERPRETATION - THEM EXTERNALLY COULD GIVE RISE TO UNWANTED FRICTION.

IN CHINA, "WE SHOULD OF COURSE BEAR IN MIND THAT THE REACTIONS,

DEFENSIVE, AND THAT TO COMMENT FROM ABROAD HAVE OF LATE BECOME LESS

HAVE LED NOT ONLY TO OPEN-DOOR POLICIES

GREATER THE COUNTRY'S

EXISTENCE CONFIDENCE AT HOME BUT ALSO TO A BETTER RECOGNITION OF THE

THE INTRINSIC OF MANY DIFFERENT VIEWS AND APPROACHES AND A BELIEF IN VALUE OF CRITICISM IN OTHER PLACE.'

"

THAT

SIGNALS TO THE EFFECT

REGARDS COMMENT FROM HONG IN HONG KONG'S BEST INTERESTS SUCH ACCEPTANCE OR CHANGE

HOWEVER, IN THE ABSENCE OF CLEAR TOLERANCE WAS UNLIMITED, PARTICULARLY AS KONG, IT WOULD NOT APPEAR TO BE PROVOCATIVELY TEST THE BOUNDARIES OF ATTITUDES, HE SAID.

ΤΟ

IN

VR RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES

*SYMPATHETIC" TO HK

FROM JEAFFRESON,

MORE HONG

MADE VIGOROUS VIETNAMESE KONG, TOLD

THE

THE

BOTH THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS HAVE EFFORTS TO PERSUADE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT REFUGEES PARTICULARLY THE

SECURITY,

LONG-STAYERS

THE

HON DAVID

SECRETARY FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN HIS FIRST SIX-MONTH VIETNAMESE REFUGEES PROGRESS THE COUNCIL, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD

FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER PARALLEL APPROACHES TO RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO LOBBY FOR RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR HONG KONG'S REFUGEES.

REPORT TO

ASKED THE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL

"THE UNHCR HAVE AGREED TO TREAT LONG-STAYERS IN HONG KONG AS PRIORITY IN THEIR RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS,

HE SAID.

A

/IN HONG KONG,