XN000022-1987-09-19 — Page 19

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1987

A:

I THINK THE WELL, IT'S AN INTERESTING POINT OF VIEW TO HOLD.

THAT IMPORTANT THING IS TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE REALLY ON THIS. THE WAY

TO SORT IT OUT WE ARE GOING

IN THE END IS BY

THE PERSUADING DOING GOOD TO THEIR PEOPLE IF THEY LEAVE VIETNAM IN THE ANYWHERE ELSE. THAT'S

VIETNAMESE THAT THEY ARE NOT

CONTINUE TO PUT THEM IN SUCH POSITION AS THEY FIRST PLACE AND COME TO HONG KONG OR COME

TO

THE IMPORTANT THING TO SOLVE AND THAT'S WHERE

I THINK WE

TURN OUR ATTENTION TO IN THE WAY THAT I'VE DESCRIBED.

INSTEAD

MUST REALLY

Q.

POST): (BERNAND FONG, SOUTH CHINA MORNING

OF TALKING ABOUT 9,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES LET'S TALK ABOUT 5.5 MILLION HONG KONG

IT SAYS PEOPLE. IN THE 1984 WHITE PAPER

NO CONCLUSIONS HAVE BEEN THE REACHED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, NOR AHOUT

A MINISTERIAL INTRODUCTION OF

SYSTEM AND THESE MATTERS WILL BE

WE STAGE",

SUPPOSE, IS CONSIDERED AT A LATER STAGE. NOW THE "LATER THE PRESENT GREEN PAPER IN WHICH MYSTERIOUSLY THE QUESTIONS HAVE OMITTED. COULD YOU, SIR, EXPLAIN THE REASON, OR THE REASONS, FOR OMISSIONS?

A:

BEEN THE

WELL, I AM NOT SURE THAT IT IS REALLY USEFUL TO CONCENTRATE TOO

THE PRESENT MUCH ON HISTORY IN ALL THIS.

REVIEW, WHICH IS TAKING NUMBER OF PLACE NOW, CONCENTRATES ON A

IMPORTANT POINTS INCLUDING 1987. THOSE ON WHICH A COMMITMENT WAS GIVEN IN 1984 TO REVIEW THEM IN THAT IS WHERE WE STAND.

Q.

(BERNAND

PONG): BUT REVIEWED AT THE PRESENT STAGE?

A:

THE

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 15 NOT

BEING

THE ANSWER WELL, I THINK I HAVE JUST GIVEN YOU, WITH RESPECT,

NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TO YOUR QUESTION. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A

ISSUES 1987 REVIEW, THAT BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT WHEN WE WERE APPROACHING THE

ISSUE REVIEW WOULD CONCENTRATE ON CERTAIN ISSUES, NOT ON EVERY SINGLE

PRECISELY WHAT 18 THAT WAS FEATURED IN THE 1984 REVIEW, AND THAT IS HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT.

Q.

WANT TO GO BACK TO THE (AGNES LAM, HONG KONG STANDARD): 1

THE LEGISLATIVE

AD COUNCIL

HOC VIETNAMESE

GROUP REFUGEES,

HAS MATTER SUGGESTED THE BRITISH TO GIVE THEM MORE FREEDOM TO DISCUSS THE

50 DO YOU THINK THAT THIS 13 WITH OTHER FIRST ASYLUM COUNTRIES, FEASIBLE?

A.

ASKING WHETHER

OR

IF I HAVE GOT YOUR QUESTION RIGHT, YOU ARE NOT WE CAN ENCOURAGE OTHER COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT VIETNAMESE REFUGEES"

Q.

(AGNES LAM, HONG KONG STANDARD):

NO, NO.

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