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H.E.: "I DON'T KNOW" IS THE ANSWER TO THAT AT THE MOMENT. IT DEPENDS ON VARIOUS OTHER BITS OF MY PROGRAMME. MY GENERAL PROGRAMME WILL BE TO VISIT LONDON REGULARLY, AND THAT IS NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE

EXERCISE. IT GREEN PAPER, WHITE PAPER

18 BECAUSE Ι FIND IT VERY USEFUL TO KEEP IN TOUCH DIRECTLY WITH MINISTERS AND WITH THE SECRETARY. SO I WILL, I HOPE, OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, OR AS I AM HERE, BE VISITING LONDON REGULARLY REGARDLESS HAPPENING.

FANNY WONG: IN YOUR VISIT TO CANTON, WHAT SORT OF YOU RAISE WITH THE GOVERNOR?

H.E

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FOREIGN LONG AS OF WHAT IS

ISSUES WILL

MOSTLY ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND

TRADE GUANGDONG PROVINCE, THERE IS AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF

FLOWING OUT THROUGH HONG KONG FROM GUANGDONG PROVINCE. QUANGDONG HAS NOW OVERTAKEN THE SHANGHAI AREA AS THE LARGEST EXPORTER IN CHINA. MOST OF KONG. THERE THAT IS COMING THROUGH HONG

ARE IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR

MAIN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT. SO THAT 1 THINK WOULD BE THE

AREA THAT

WE'LL COVER.

ΤΟ LIKE FUNG WAI-KONG, OF THE NEW EVENING POST: I WOULD

ASK, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SIGNIFICANT CONSTITUTIONAL. CHANGES THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED EARLIER, JUST NOW?

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SOMEBODY

TO H.E IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHICH IS DIFFICULT

DEFINE. AND AFTER ALL I WAS SAYING WHAT

ELSE THINKS. SO I CAN'T DEFINE WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE. BUT I THINK YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT SOME THINGS ARE VERY MINOR SOME DO HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS,

CHANGES 1

CLAUDIA MO, OF AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE: THERE HAS BEEN CRITICISM THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S CREDIBILITY IS NOW AT STAKE FOLLOWING THIS CLUMSY HANDLING OF THE STOCK CRISIS AND THE GREEN PAPER SURVEY REPORT. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT?

H.E.: I FEEL THAT SOME OF THESE CRITICISMS TEND ΤΟ BE

WHEN

A

THEN BE

SHORT-TERM ONES, FOR INSTANCE THE STOCK MARKET.

SOMETHING LIKE A SIGNIFICANT THAT HAPPENS, IT IS VERY DRAMATIC.

NUMBER OF PEOPLE USUALLY LOSE MONEY IN IT. THERE IS, THEREFORE, A LOT OF COMMENT WHICH

BY BRING A CRITICISM OF FINISHES UP

THE GOVERNMENT.

AFTER IF, PERIOD OF TIME, IT IS SEEN THAT CORRECTIVE ACTION IS BEING TAKEN I BELIEVE AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THAT CRITICISM WOULD

OFFICE RE-ASSESSED. ON THE SURVEY

REPORT, I FEEL SURE THAT WHAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN THE WHITE PAPER, IS A WHITE PAPER WHICH THEY FEEL. ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE VIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD IN THE WHOLE OF THE SURVEY OFFICE REPORT. THAT IS THE VIEWS OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

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