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FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1989

GOVERNOR:

WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS, IN HONG KONG, OF OFFERING ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. THAT'S SOMETHING FOR SOVEREIGN STATES WHO ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF GIVING AID

STUART PALLISTER: WELL, WHAT ABOUT BRITAIN?

GOVERNOR:

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AND WHEN THE VIETNAMESE DO PULL OUT OF CAMBODIA

I HOPE THEY STICK TO THEIR PROGRAMME OF THE END OF SEPTEMBER THAT OPENS THE WAY FOR ECONOMIC AID FROM COUNTRIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD WHO SO FAR HAVE BLOCKED IT. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE BRITAIN, THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; I'D HOPE IT WOULD INCLUDE OTHER COUNTRIES. LONG TERM, THE ANSWER TO THIS MUST SURELY BE THAT THE VIETNAMESE SHOULD SORT OUT THEIR OWN ECONOMY OF WHICH THEY'VE MADE THE MOST UNHOLY MESS

AND PART OF THAT PROCESS WOULD BB INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE. BUT THIS IS A LONG TERM PROCESS; IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. MEANWHILE, WE HAVE A VERY REAL IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL PROBLEM WITH VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE WHICH WE MUST GO ON TRYING TO SOLVE.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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