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STEVE JONES (ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL): AFTER YOUR VISIT, YOU FEEL THAT THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATISATION IN HONG KONG OUGHT TO

DO YOU FEEL THAT SPEEDED UP TO ENSURE HONG KONG'S ECONOMY AFTER 1997? THE

ANNOUNCED PROGRAMME FOR DEMOCRATISATION IN LEGCO PRIOR YEAR, IS IN FACT TOO SLOW?

LAST

MR MAUDE: WELL, I THINK I SAID EARLIER THAT THERE IS A STRONG FEELING IN

SPEED THE COMMUNITY HERE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OUGHT TO BE INCREASED.

PRETTY OF POLITICAL

LAW

KWOK-WAI

(ORIENTAL DAILY):

HUMAN

COMPILED BY THE

THE CORRECT, WELL, IF I AM BRITISH GOVERNMENT FOR HER RIGHTS REPORT

TO THE COLONIES, INCLUDING HONG KONG, OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED

COULD 1 KNOW UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, BUT IT HASN'T.

WOULD IT BE DISCLOSED? WHEN WILL THE REPORT BE COMPLETED AND SENT?

CAN

MR

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THERE

WHAT I MAUDE: I CAN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT ANSWER TO THAT,

WAS

BEEN MINISTER

HAVE IS THAT THERE SAY FOR THE

REPORTS OF THE COMPLAINTS OF DELAY IN DEALING WITH THIS MATTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE. THERE WAS AN IMMENSELY LONG REPORT THAT SUBMITTED. IT WAS DISCUSSED BY ALL CONCERNED AND THE REACTIONS

THE ONLY REPORT.

CRITICISMS EXTREMELY FAVOURABLE TO THAT EXTREMELY MINOR ONES. WE, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, FEEL THAT WE FULFILLED OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN THAT MATTER COMPLETELY.

WAS

WERE

WERE

HAVE

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