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MAY WONG (TVB): YOU SAID THAT BRITAIN IS WORKING HARD WITH

WE COMMUNITY TO FIND A LASTING SOLUTION. INTERNATIONAL

HAVE HEARD

SEEMED THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE THAT LASTING SOLUTION JUST NEVER COME

HOW LONG IS HONG KONG GOING TO UP OR TO BECOME A REALITY. TO WAIT BEFORE SUCH A SOLUTION BECOMES A REALITY?

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MR MAUDE: WELL, LET'S REMEMBER THAT THE GENEVA CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE IN JUNE AND THE I THINK THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF WAS FORMULATED AT THAT

AND STAGE AND IT SETS OUT WAYS RESOLVING THE PROBLEM AND SO THAT AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN IN PLACE

A VERY VERY LONG. 1 FULLY ACCEPT THAT THE PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR GREAT DEAL LONGER THAN THAT. THERE ARE FURTHER

TAKE TO MEETINGS

THE THERE IS A FURTHER MEETING TO TAKE PLACE IN

MIDDLE OF

ACTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF AND THAT IS A MEETING IN WHICH WE'LL BE TAKING A VERY FULL PART, I CAN ASSURE YOU.

PLACE.

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MAY WONG: YOU SAY THAT REPATRIATION WILL HAVE ΤΟ SOLUTION, BUT RIGHT NOW THE MAJOR OBSTACLE IS THAT VIETNAM REFUSES ACCEPT MANDATORY REPATRIATION. HOW ELSE ARE WE GOING TO FIND SOLUTION WHEN VIETNAM CANNOT BE PERSUADED?

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MR MAUDE: WELL, VIETNAM AGREED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE ACTION THAT REPATRIATION WAS THE ONLY ANSWER TO THOSE WHO ARE SCREENED OUT, NOT TO BE REFUGEES, AND ARE FOUND NOT TO BE REFUGEES, AND SO THEY HAVE AGREED THAT REPATRIATION IS THE ANSWER, AND WHAT WE ARE DOING AT MEANS THE MOMENT IS WORKING TO CONCLUDE AN AGREEMENT ON THE WAYS AND OF ACHIEVING THAT.

(THE STEVE VINES

OBSERVER): MR MAUDE, YOU SAID WHEN YOU ARRIVED THAT CHINA HAD THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG. HOW WORRIED ARE YOU THAT CHINA HASN'T BEEN TAKING STEPS то RESTORE THIS CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG?

MR MAUDE: WELL. I SHOULD VERY MUCH PREFER IT, AS PEOPLE IN HONG

WOULD, KONG

IF THE CHINESE DID

ΤΟ TAKE STEPS

RESTORE ΤΟ CONFIDENCE. BUT, I THINK THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO AT THIS STAGE 18 RESUME DISCUSSIONS AS WE HAVE PROPOSED AND AS WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK ΤΟ CONDUCT THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AS I SAY, QUIETLY, FIRMLY, SENSIBLY NOT ALWAYS SHOUTING WHAT WE ARE DOING FROM THE

BUT ROOFTOPS. WORKING HARD IN PRIVATE TO PROMOTE HONG KONG'S BEST

NONETHELESS INTERESTS,

STEVE VINES WELL, WHAT STEPS WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO TAKE?

MR MAUDE: WELL, I THINK THE BEST STEPS THEY COULD TAKE AT THIS STAGE IS TO RECOGNISE THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT SOME ASPECTS OF THE BASIC LAW AND TO ENSURE THAT THOSE CONCERNS ARE REFLECTED THE BASIC LAW IS FINALLY FORMULATED.

WHEN

/LEUNG CHAU-YIN (ATV):