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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988

LORD GLENARTHUR:

OF WELL, I THINK THAT IS A VALID POINT

VIEW. ENGLISH TEXT OF THE THERE MAY WELL NEED TO BE AN AUTHENTIC BRITISH,

I HAVE HAD IN: DRAFT BASIC LAW AND I THINK FROM ALL THE CONVERSAT PYAA CHINA THAT THAT VIEW IS ACCEPTED THERE AS WELL BUT IT IS A MATTER THEM BUT I THINK THAT THAT POINT IS WELL UNDERSTOOD,

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LI SANDY

TAO WAN PAO1: AS THE APPLICATION IS CLOSING IN NOVEMBER, WHEN WILL THE

ON HONG TAKE ACTION. WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL VIEWS EXPO'97?

YES.

FOR

WORLD BRITISH GOVERNMENT KONG HOSTING THE

EXPOSTION

POINT? THE QUESTION OF LORD GLENARTHUR: CAN I TAKE THE LAST EXPO IS ONE THAT, OF COURSE, RAISES A NUMBER OF PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. I

AT

MOMENT THE

IT IS SOMETHING

KONG THINK THAT

THE HONG WHICH

JUST WHAT THOSE GOVERNMENT HAS GOT TO LOOK AT VERY CAREFULLY TO SEE

THE SORT OF PROBLEMS ARE. I KNOW THERE IS ENTHUSIASM FOR THE IDEA BUT

W1TH THE IDEA ΤΟ BE IMPORTANT THING IS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO DEAL

AT

AS THE MOMENT, AWARE

I OF THE PRACTICALITIES INVOLVED AND UNDERSTAND IT, THESE ARE BEING DISCUSSED.

DCA. SOME LEGCO

MEMBERS

THE

K.K. WONG (RTHK): GOING BACK TO THE CLAIM THAT ONLY A SLIDING SCALE OF SHARING WOULD BE FAIR TO HONG KONG. IN FACT, THE

METHOD SLIDING SCALE

WAS DISCUSSED NEGOTIATIONS BUT IT WAS RULED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHY THIS METHOD WAS NOT ADOPTED?

DURING NEGOTIATIONS.

MADE, I LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, YES, IT IS A CLAIM THAT'S BEEN

IN KNOW. BUT THE FACT IS THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE

BY ANY THE PROPORTION PAID BY HONG KONG, TEN PER CENT IS SUBSTANTIAL

THE

AND STANDARD IN

THEN

FUTURE TO LOOK INTO YOU HAVE FACT.

WILL COME FROM A RANGE OF OTHER UNDERSTAND THAT FURTHER SAVINGS

OVERALL COSTS WILL DECLINE AS THE MEASURES. THEN, FURTHER STILL,

EARLIER TAKES EFFECT, PLANNED WITHDRAWAL WHICH I FINALLY, AS LEADING UP TO 1997.

TO REFERRED

AND

EXCO HAVE ENDORSED IT, IT THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED,

THING IS GOES TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF LEGCO, THE IMPORTANT

DISCUSS ΤΟ

IT AND THAT CHANCE

IT SHOULD THEY SHOULD HAVE A ENDORSED BY THEM.

NOW

THAT

BE

LEO DOBBS (AFP): GOING BACK TO THE VIETNAM QUESTION. ок, THE BEING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARE REGARDED AS ECONOMIC REFUGEES, THEY ARE THOUGHT OF AS ECONOMIC REFUGEES NOW. SO, WHY DOESN'T BRITAIN PUMP MONEY INTO HANOI AS AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, SWEDEN HAVE BEEN DOING?

WELL, THE

AND I DANGERS YOU SUGGEST

WANT то

IT

LORD GLENARTHUR: THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED AS OF UNDERSTAND THE FORCE OF THE ARGUMENT BEHIND IT. ONE OF COURSE, OF PUMPING MONEY INTO VIETNAM IN THE WAY THAT

SUPPORT NOT THOSE IS THAT BY DOING SO, YOU HELP

YOU WHO SUPPORT, WHO WANT TO LEAVE, BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC SITUATION, BUT HELPS SUPPORT VIETNAM MAINTAIN AN ARMY OF SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND ILLEGALLY OCCUPYING CAMBOADIA. NOW, YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK AT SINGLY, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THE INTERNATIONAL AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

THE THING DIMENSION INTO ACCOUNT

/NOW, WHETHER