XN000022-1989-07-04 — Page 30

TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1989

FINAL

GOING

13

SINON WINCHESTER (GUARDIAN): SIR GEOFFREY, IF

YOUR NOW IS

LUCKY

RULES

OFFICIALS

SUMMEN YOU

THIS IS WORD NOW, ON RIGHT OF ABODE, OBVIOUSLY ALL HONG KONG ΤΟ BE TERRIBLY KEEN TO KNOW WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE 100,000, 150,000, OR WHATEVER IT IS, FOR WHOM THESE IMMIGRATION ARE GOING TO BE WAIVED OR CHANGED IN SOME WAY. NOW, YOUR

THE HAVE SUGGESTED

THIS IS GOING TO BE SET UP THAT

BEFORE

ABOUT RECESS,

MOMENT EIGHT WEEKS AWAY, AND I UNDERSTAND AT THE DON'T WANT TO SAY TOO MUCH ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO BE SELECTED, AND WHAT THE TYPE OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SELECTED. BUT WHO IS GOING TO DO SELECTING? WILL IT BE A COMMITTEE IN LONDON? IS IT GOING TO COMMITTEE IN HONG KONG, OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO VET APPLICATIONS? ARE THE NAMES GOING TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING LIKE THE NEW YEAR'S HONOURS LIST, OR WHAT?

BE

A

POST,

SIR GEOFFREY:

THE

INTEND

то

WELL, THAT'S AN INTERESTING RANGE OF QUESTIONS, TO WHICH THE ANSWER REMAINS, AS I SAID IN MY STATEMENT THAT. WE

AN

AND TO MAKE

YOU'LL EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SCHEME,

HAVE CONTAIN YOUR CURIOSITY UNTIL THEN. I SHOULD, INCIDENTALLY, ADD THAT IN

TO THE EXHILARATING INQUIRY FURTHER

FROM ANSWER

EASTERN FAR ECONOMIC REVIEW, THAT ONE OF MY ADVISERS WHO HAS BEEN RECENTLY WORKING

THE ON THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, REMINDS ME THAT

EUROPEAN TREATY DOES NOT GIVE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY A RIGHT OF IT IS HEAVILY QUALIFIED IN THE SENSE THAT WORK-SEEKERS CANNOT STAY ANOTHER COUNTRY IF THEY DON'T FIND WORK.

AUTOMATIC AND THERE ARE NO RIGHTS FOR SETTLEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE TO STUDENTS AND PENSIONERS. SO IT

THAN ANYTHING IS A

THAT MUCH MORE INHIBITED AND RESTRICTED SCHEME WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG. I'M GRATEFUL TO MY ADVISER.

COMMUNITY RESIDENCE.

IN

DAPHNE TSE (TVB NEWS):

RECENTLY, SIR GEOFFREY, IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECENT MASSACRE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAVE COME OUT TO DENY THAT SUCH THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT TAKE ACTION - REPRISALS AGAINST THE STUDENTS BUT NOW THEY HAVE. WHY IS IT THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS SO SURE THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL KEEP ITS WORD ON THE JOINT DECLARATION AND ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS? WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR THEIR CONFIDENCE AND FAITH?

—

SIR GEOFFREY: YOU DO ME AN INJUSTICE IF YOU THINK THAT WE'RE SURE. THE VERY POINT THAT I'VE BEEN MAKING, IN RESPONSE TO NOT JUST QUESTIONS PUT IN THIS PRESS CONFERENCE - IS THAT THE CONFIDENCE IN THAT COMMITMENT AND IN THAT APPROACH HAS BEEN VERY SEVERELY DAMAGED. AND ACTIONS OF THE KIND YOU IDENTIFY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO REPAIR THAT DAMAGE. THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE CENTRAL MESSAGES TO GET THROUGH TO THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP IS THAT QUITE APART FROM WHAT THEY DO FOR THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN MAINLAND CHINA, IF THEY ARE TO ACHIEVE TOWARDS THE RESTORATION OF CONFIDENCE IN THE DECLARATION AND ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS PROPOSITION, THEN THEY NEED ΤΟ APPLY THEMSELVES FROM NOW ON, TO AN ACTIVE AGENDA OF DEEDS NOT WORDS, ΤΟ BEGIN RESTORING THAT CONFIDENCE. AND I'M VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT, AS SOMEBODY POINTED OUT, THAT'S TAKING PLACE WITHIN A TIMESCALE MUCH CONSTRAINED, COMPARED WITH THE START OF THE PROCESS TEN YEARS BACK.

AND ΤΟ ANYTHING IN THE

/DAPHNE TSE

Page 30Page 31