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FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1989

GOVERNOR URGES PEOPLE TO GIVE VIEWS TO FAC

(FRIDAY)] AFTER

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, RETURNED TODAY ATTENDING THE HEARINGS OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IN LONDON.

THAT THE THEY

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT, SIR DAVID SAID FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WOULD BE COMING HERE IN APRIL AND THAT ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS FROM PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.

IN HONG KONG WHO'VE "I HOPE THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE

WILL DO 30 IN GOT VIEWS THAT THEY WANT TO PUT TO THE COMMITTEE,

COMMITTEE THAT THEY WILL WRITING, AND THAT IF THEY WANT TO SEE THE ASK TO SEE THE COMMITTEE," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

OF A COMMITTEE "IT IS, I BELIEVE, IMPORTANT WITH

RANGE OF VIEWS IN HONG THAT THEY SHOULD GET THE WHOLE THEY'RE CONSIDERING OUR AFFAIRS, HE ADDED.

"

THIS SORT KONG WHEN

SAID ASKED ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON THE NATIONALITY ISSUE, SIR DAVID

DEAL OF HE HAD TOLD THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE THAT HE HAD A GOOD

HAD BEEN PUT FORWARD UNDERSTANDING AND SYMPATHY FOR THE VIEWS THAT

HONG KONG OVER THE ABOUT THE CHANGES IN YEARS.

THE STATUS OF

GREATER

IN PEOPLE

WITH GREATER THERE COULD BE ANY DIFFERENT MATTER AND THE BRITISH AND WHAT

RULES APPLIED "I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PRESENT

LIBERALITY. WHETHER FLEXIBILITY AND SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE NATIONALITY ACT IS A THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN JUDGE, IT'S A MATTER FOR PARLIAMENT, AND YOU'LL HAVE SEEN WHAT THE FOREIGN SECRETARY LORD GLENARTHUR HAVE SAID ON THAT, HE SAID.

ON AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE ΤΟ

ASKED WHETHER THERE WAS ANY HOPE FOR CHANGE CASE BY CASE BASIS, SIR DAVID SAID: "WHAT I SAID WAS I WOULD SEE GREATER GENEROSITY IN THE WAY THAT THESE RULES ARE APPLIED."

LORDS

WOULD

THE DEBATE, ASKED FOR HIS VIEWS ON THE

GOVERNOR SAID THAT WHILE HE HAD NOT SEEN THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE DEBATE HE BE STUDYING IT.

IT.

I'D

THE ONLY POINT "I'VE ONLY HAD A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF MAKE ON THAT IS, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AIR IN THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT THE VIEWS OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ON IMPORTANT ISSUES, SIR DAVID SAID.

"I

THESE

WHILE IN LONDON, THE GOVERNOR MET WITH THE

FOREIGN

SECRETARY,

SIR GEOFFREY HOWE AND LORD GLENARTHUR.

SIR DAVID ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE THE PRINCE OF WALES ABOUT HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S VISIT TO HONG NOVEMBER.

STAFF OF KONG IN

BY

THE CHIEF

SERVICES,

SECRETARY,

MRS

IRENE

THE GOVERNOR WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT SIR DAVID FORD, AND THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION YAU.

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