XN000022-1989-10-15 — Page 2

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15,

1989

GOVERNOR ARRIVES IN USA

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AND

RECLAMATION IN

CENTRAL

POLICY ADDRESS

TO

DEVELOP

THE KONG'S

TO THE BUSINESS

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON SAID THE

ANNUAL WESTERN DISTRICT OUTLINED IN DIS

WEDNESDAY AIMS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST DISTRICT OF HONG KONG AND IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR HONG FUTURE.

ECONOMIC

SPEAKING TO THE PRESS ON HIS ARRIVAL IN WASHINGTON DC YESTERDAY SAID IT MADE (SATURDAY) FOR AN EIGHT-DAY VISIT TO THE USA, SIR DAVID

NAVAL BASE RIGHT

THE IN NO SENSE WHATSOEVER TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A MIDDLE OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT.

GOVERNOR

"SO AS PART OF THAT RECLAMATION THE NAVAL BASE ITSELF WILL MOVE

THE ISLAND," STONECUTTERS AND IT MOVES TO A PLACE ADDED.

CALLED

WAS SIR DAVID SAID THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF HIS VISIT TO THE USA

TO THEM TO MEET MEMBERS OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND TO PUT ACROSS

RECENTLY OR IN THE MESSAGE THAT WHATEVER PROBLEMS HONG KONG HAD HAD THE FUTURE HONG KONG WAS RISING TO THEM AND DEALING WITH THEM.

"WE

ARE DETERMINED TO BUILD A LONG-TERM FUTURE FOR AND WE HAVE VERY LARGE SCALE PLANS FOR DOING EXACTLY THAT,

HONG KONG HE SAID.

HE ALSO NOTED THAT HIS VISIT WAS NOT TO WRAP UP ANY PARTICULAR THE US ADMINISTRATION DEALS, BUT TO TRY TO GET THE UNDERSTANDING OF

THE PROBLEMS HONG AND OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IN GENERAL FOR SOME OF KONG FACED.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS HE WANTED TO EXPLAIN VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM AND HOW HONG KONG DEALT WITH.

YEARS,

IN THE USA WAS THE FELT IT SHOULD BE

EXPLAIN THE THE GOVERNOR SAID AMONGST OTHER THINGS, HE WOULD

HAD NATURE OF THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM, THE WAY IN WHCH IT

WHO WERE GENUINE FROM PEOPLE 10 THE LAST CHANGED OVER POLITICAL REFUGEES TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW ARRIVING WHO TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES, BUT CAN'T BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT UNDER THE AMERICAN PROGRAMME.

WOULD LIKE ACCEPTED

"HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT PROBLEM? IT IS A REAL DILEMMA,' GOVERNOR SAID.

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THE

"WHAT DO YOU DO IF THE WORLD HAS APPROVED A SYSTEM OF SCREENING

DO WHAT DO YOU

WITH THOSE WHO IS A GENUINE REFUGEE, WHO IS NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE SCREENED OUT?

"IS IT RIGHT FOR PEOPLE, MOST OF

T

WHOM

INCIDENTALLY OR

ABOUT CAMPS OR

HALF OF WHOM ARE ABOUT UNDER 20, TO SPEND YEAR AFTER YEAR IN

THEM TO RETURN HOME TO VIETNAM DO YOU MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR

THAT IS THE DILEMMMA THAT I

WAY WHICH IS CAREFULLY MONITORED. TO PUT ACROSS, SIR DAVID SAID.

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IN A WANT

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