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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988
CHAN BO-SHUN {HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL): AS SOME LOCAL LEGISLATORS SAID, THAT DURING THE DEFENCE COSTS T.LKS IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE UK GOVERNMENT FORCING THE HK GOVERNMENT то TOE THE LINE, BECAUSE THE UK GOVERNMENT IS A SOVEREIGN STATE. WHY ARE YOU SO SURE IT IS A FAIR TALK BETWEEN BOTH SIDES SINCE THEY ARE NOT IN AN EQUAL STATE?
STATE THING
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN EQUAL FOR A LONG TIME, HAVE THEY? THAT'S THE FIRST THING. THE SECOND IS, NO, IT HAS NOT BEEN FORCED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ON THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. IT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN REACHED. IT IS QUITE WRONG TO SUGGEST IT HAS BEEN FORCED. IT IS NOT THE CASE.
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CHAN BO-SHUN: AS YOU HAVE ALREADY ADMITTED, IT IS NOT IN AN EQUAL STATE, ARE YOU GOING TO IMPLY THAT HONG KONG IS NOT UNDER AN EQUAL STATE TO ADMIT SUCH A DCA?
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, THE PROPORTIONMENT HAS BEEN ADJUSTED. THE PROPORTIONMENT HAS BEEN ADJUSTED IN FAVOUR OF HONG KONG. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I CAN GO OVER THE GROUND. WE ARE RATHER WASTING TIME, AREN'T WE? THE FACT IS THAT IT HAS BEEN AGREED, IT HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY EXCO, AND NOW IT GOES TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF LEGCO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN SAY.
CHAN BO-SHUN: BUT, IN FAVOUR OF HONG KONG, IT DOES NOT EQUAL TO A FAIR AGREEMENT?
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THE FACT WE MUST
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, THAT MAY BE YOUR OPINION IS THAT THIS CHANGE HAS BEEN TO THE ADVANTAGE OF HONG KONG, NOW LET IT BE DISCUSSED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF LEGCO.
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ALAN CHAN (MORNING NEWS): THE VIETNAM GOVERNMENT DID REFUGEE PROBLEMS?
WHAT WILL THE UK GOVERNMENT DO IF CO-OPERATE IN THE SOLVING OF THE
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE, AS WE ARE DOING AT THE MOMENT, ANYHOW, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT STAGE, TO
WHAT WE CAN TO INCREASE THE INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO MEND THEIR WAYS. WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO DO THAT.
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WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR SOME TIME AND WHEN I WAS LAST HERE IN SEPTEMBER, THE LAST SUBSTANTIVE VISIT I MADE, 1 ASKED OUR AMBASSADOR FROM HANOI TO GO BACK HE WAS HERE AT THE TIME
TO GO BACK TO HANOI WITH A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT. WELL, THAT MAY NOT HAVE HAD ALL THE DESIRED EFFECT. SINCE THEN A NUMBER OF EXCHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE. I HAVE DESCRIBED TO YOU HOW SIR GEOFFREY HOWE ONLY VERY RECENTLY SPOKE TO
FOREIGN MINISTER AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT AT GREAT LENGTH.
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THE VIETNAMESE
APPLY THE VIETNAMESE
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE HAVE GOT ΤΟ OF PRESSURE WHICH WILL... ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE AUTHORITIES TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS. LET'S NOT THINK OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF THEY DO NOT. THE FACT IS WE HAVEN'T GOT TO THAT POINT YET. WE MUST MAKE SURE IT JOLLY WELL. WORKS.
/CHRIS POMERY
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