XN000022-1989-06-16 — Page 3

FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1989

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"I DON'T THINK WE'RE A COMMUNITY," HE ADDED,

GOVERNOR

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TYPE

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CONSIDERABLE

HAD OBSERVED THAT EVENTS IN CHINA HAVE IMPACT ON BRITAIN AS A WHOLE, AND ON POLITICAL IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND IN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

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"IT'S HAD A VERY MARKED IMPACT, SIR DAVID SAID.

"THERE

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VERY IS, I BELIEVE, IN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, A TO LOOK FOR WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN HELP HONG KONG AND MUCH WELCOME THAT," HE ADDED.

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COMMENTING ON THE FORTHCOMING VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HOPED SIR GEOFFREY HOWE WOULD COME

INCLUDING HERE AND LISTEN TO VIEWS FROM ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY, THE MAN IN THE STREET.

"HE IS SOMEBODY WHO IS VERY SYMPATHETIC TO HONG KONG AND SOMEBODY VERY READY TO LISTEN," SIR DAVID SAID.

WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF STUDENTS FROM CHINA COMING "AT THE ΤΟ HONG KONG ASKING FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM, SIR DAVID SAID : MOMENT WE'VE HAD NO CHANGE AT ALL IN THE PATTERN OF ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO HONG KONG FROM CHINA.'

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"IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY NORMAL. IF WE GET INDIVIDUAL CASES WHICH SPECIAL ATTENTION, THEN WE DEAL WITH EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALLY," HE ADDED.

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DAVID SIR

SAID

FOR WE ALWAYS HAD CONTINGENCY PLANS WITH INCREASES IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

DEALING

TALKS TO CONTINUE WITH VIETNAM ON REPATRIATION OF VBP: GOVERNOR

WIDEN

AND

HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO TALK TO VIETNAM IN A BID TO THE EXISTING PROGRAMME OF REPATRIATION OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE MAKE IT MORE COMPREHENSIVE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

PEOPLE BUT IN THE LONG TERM, THE ANSWER TO THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PROBLEM WAS THAT VIETNAM SHOULD SORT OUT THEIR OWN ECONOMY AND PART OF THAT PROCESS WOULD BE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, HE SAID.

GENEVA,

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SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT KAI TAK AIRPORT ON HIS RETURN FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES IN SIR DAVID REITERATED THAT THE MESSAGE WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE IDEA AUTOMATIC RESETTLEMENT FOR THOSE WHO LEFT VIETNAM BY BOAT HAD BEEN AN END IN HONGKONG AND IN OTHER SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES.

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/HE SAID