XN000022-1988-06-11 — Page 2

SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1988

LORDS' DEBATE VALUABLE: GOVERNOR

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ON RECENT LOT OF

THE DEBATE YESTERDAY IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG WAS A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR A PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM TO GIVE THEIR IDEAS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

"I THINK IT WAS VERY VALUABLE TO HAVE THAT CHANCE TO LISTEN ΤΟ THE VIEWS OF A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS AFFECTING HONG KONG AND HAVE A BACKGROUND WITH WHICH THEY CAN PUT FORWARD IDEAS TO DEAL WITH PRACTICAL PROBLEMS,

HE SAID.

SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS

AFTER

ATTENDING THE

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS IN SHA TIN.

IN SHA TIN, SIR

REFERRING TO TODAY S CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES DAVID SAID IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE ENJOY ING THEMSELVES DESPITE THE RAIN AND TO SEE FUL! SF BEINI MADF OF THE EXCELLENT SPORTS FACILITIES

THESE SPORTING FACILITIES WERE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE LIVED IN SUCH A CROWDED ENVIRONMENT, HE ADDED.

THE GOVERNOR SAID: "THE SORT OF CONCENTRATED FACILITIES THAT WE'VE GOT IN SHA TIN ARE ABOUT THE BEST EXAMPLE IN HONG KONG, OF THE SORT OF STANDARD THAT WE SHOULD BE AIMING AT.

"WE CAN'T ALWAYS ACHIEVE THIS STANDARD GIVES A LEVEL TO WHICH WE SHOULD TRY TO ASPIRE.

EVERYWHERE, BUT IT

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FORCES MAKE JOINT DECLARATION SUCCEED

BOTH POLITICAL EVIDENCE AND ECONOMIC FORCES AT WORK ARE CONVINCING THAT THE TRANSITION OF HONG KONG TOWARDS 1997 WILL SUCCEED, THE SECRETARY FOR GENERAL DUTIES, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, HAS SAID.

THE FORECAST FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE WAS VERY BRIGHT INDEED, BASED ON THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED TO DATE IN IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT DECLARATION, MR WIGGHAM ADDED.

MR WIGGHAM WAS SPEAKING TO A JOINT MEETING OF THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE HONG KONG BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF THE MID-WEST IN CHICAGO ON FRIDAY.

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