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FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1989

PAUL HARRINGTON: YES, WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY BRITISH

PASSPORT HOLDERS? THE ONES ABOVE THE 3.25 MILLION.

.GOVERNOR:

PHILLIP HAY

(BBC-RADIO):

ON BRITAIN AS BEING I SEE THE FIRST OBLIGATION

PASSPORTS OF THE TOWARDS THOSE WHO HOLD BRITISH

ARE AS YOU KNOW, THERE VARIOUS KINDS IN HONG KONG, VARIOUS DIFFERENT KINDS OF BRITISH PASSPORTS HELD BY HONG KONG PEOPLE. 1 SEE THAT AS BRING THE FIRST AND THE KEY OBLIGATION FOR BRITAIN.

YOUR MISSION TO LONDON WAS CERTAINLY BEING DESCRIBED HERE AS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF YOUR TWO YEARS HERE AS

ASSESS YOUR YOU HOW WOULD GOVERNOR. PERFORMANCE? WHAT DID YOU ACTUALLY COME BACK

OWN WITH

IN YOUR HAND?

GOVERNOR:

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PHILLIP HAY:

GOVERNOR:

TRIONA HOLDEN (BBC TV NEWS):

NEVER SIT AROUND PERFORMANCE; I LEAVE

TRYING

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THE PROBLEMS

THINGS PUT

THAT TO OTHER PEOPLE. PURPOSE WAS TO GO AND PUT ACROSS, VERY PEOPLE IN BRITAIN, A MESSAGE ABOUT WHICH HONG KONG IS NOW FACING. SOME OF THE THAT I BELIEVE NEED TO BE DONE ABOUT IT, AND TO THAT ACROSS. NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH HAS TO BE A A CONTINUOUS PROCESS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU DRAW LINE ON AND SAY, WE'VE GOT 8 OUT OF 10, 5 OUT OF 10, OR WHATEVER, IT'S GOT TO BE A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.

"LESS

THAN UNHAPPY IN

WOULD YOU CONSIDER ANY HEADLINES THEN, CONSEQUENTLY,

AS MISSION THAT

THE DESCRIBE SATISFACTORY" AS SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU THAT RESPECT?

I MIGHT SAY

I HAVE A TOTAL MISTRUST OF HEADLINES, IF SO. I THINK IT'S BETTER TO READ THE FULL TEXT.

HOW THE BRITISH HAPPENED IN

MEN

CAN YOU TELL ME, WHAT IMPRESSION DID YOU GET ON

AND FEELINGS

THINKING HAD CHANGED IN

WHAT FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT TERMS, TIAN AN

SQUARE, AS QUESTION IN HONG KONG?

THE REGARDS

NATIONALITY

GOVERNOR:

-

HAS HAD A AND OPINION IN THE BRITISH THERE A VERY HELP

WELL, ON A SERIES OF ISSUES, I THINK IT VERY CONSIDERABLE IMPACT ON BRITAIN AS A WHOLE, ON POLITICAL OPINION - POLITICAL HOUSE OF COMMONS, POLITICAL OPINION IN THE

IT'S HAD A VERY MARKED IMPACT. GOVERNMENT IS, I BELIEVE, IN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, REAL DESIRE TO LOOK FOR WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN HONG KONG AND I VERY MUCH WELCOME THAT. SAY TO YOU, AS YOU KNOW, THAT IT HAS GONE AS FAR

ON WOULD I

LIKE NATIONALITY.

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/TRIONA HOLDEN: