THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1989
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REPORTER: EARLIER THE GOVERNMENT HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN PRIVATELY THAT BE IF THE FIGURE WAS SO LOW OR REACHED A CERTAIN LEVEL, THAT IT WOULD SO LOW THAT IT WOULD BE DIVISIVE AND THEREFORE UNWORKABLE. THINK THIS IS A WORKABLE FIGURE, OR IS IT GOING TO BE DIVISIVE?
GOVERNOR :
DO YOU
MEANS
TO
WHATEVER FIGURE YOU CHOOSE WHICH IS BELOW THE TOTAL, YOU HAVE GOT DIFFICULT CHOICES TO MAKE BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE GOING BE SUCCESSFUL AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT. BUT THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER DO BELIEVE IT IS AND IF THERE IS A POINTS SCHEME WORKED OUT, I
ΤΟ HELP POSSIBLE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY IN A VERY CONSTRUCTIVE WAY
THOUGH HONG KONG. AND I THINK, ALSO, THAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, EVEN
HAVE HOPED FOR MORE AND THAT THERE WILL OBVIOUSLY BE PEOPLE WHO WOULD
MAKE THE IS BOUND TO BE THE CASE, PEOPLE WILL ACCEPT THAT WE SHOULD MAXIMUM USE OF WHAT WE HAVE GOT.
THREE-AND-A-
HERE. ARE YOU PRESSING FOR MORE
REPORTER: YOU SAID EARLIER THAT OBVIOUSLY THE IDEAL WAS QUARTER MILLION PASSPORTS FOR ALL BRITISH SUBJECTS GOING TO STOP NOW OR ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE PASSPORTS?
To TRY TO SIGNIFICANT.
LOOKING
IMAGINED
GOVERNORA
AT THIS STAGE, 1 THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT 18 CONSOLIDATE WHAT WE HAVE GOT. IT IS SOMETHING WHICH 18 IF WE'D BEEN TALKING TOGETHER ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND WE'D BEEN AT WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE, 1 DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE
US EVEN THAT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FIGURE AS LARGE AS THIS, 80 LET
THIS THAT
DOES GET FIRST OF ALL CONSOLIDATE ON THIS; MAKE SURE
I THROUGH. IT HASN'T YET GONE THROUGH THE LEGISLATION IN PARLIAMENT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE USE OF THIS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT GOING THROUGH; CONTRIBUTION; I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST STAGE.
REPORTER: BUT HASN'T THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT BUILT INTO ITS PROPOSALS
IT'S GOING TO RESERVE THE FACT THAT IT CAN'T IN FACT BE CHANGED? CERTAIN NUMBER OF PASSPORTS TO BE GIVEN LATER ON IN THE YEARS то 1997. DOESN'T THIS, THEREFORE, DEFEAT YOUR OWN OBJECT OF BEING ABLE TO GET THE PACKAGE EXPANDED AT A LATER DATE?
A
NEARER PERHAPS
GOVERNOR:
PEOPLE
THERE IS THIS ELEMENT INTO IT, THAT THERE WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO APPLY LATER, SO SOME OF THE PROPLE WHO NOW MIGHT NOT COULD OBTAIN HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS, LATER ON COULD FEEL THAT THEY
THAT IS SOMETHING THOSE QUALIFICATIONS AND STILL APPLY, AND I THINK THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. LET'S FIRST OF ALL SEE THIS PACKAGE WORKS OUT. IT IS SOMETHING WHICH IS VERY SUBSTANTIAL I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MAKING FULL USE OF IT.
WHICH REPORTER: OF COURSE, ANOTHER PROPORTION OF THE PASSPORTS
PEOPLE GOING TO BE GIVEN ARE NOT GOING TO BE GIVEN IMMEDIATELY,
AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE IN HAVE
WAIT FIVE YEARS, GOING
TO COMPANIES HERE IN HONG KONG. IS THIS REALLY MEETING YOUR DEMANDS WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE?
TO
HOW
AND
ARE
ARE
KEY
OF
OF THE CERTAIN
PART SMALL GOVERNOR : WELL, I WOULD SEE THAT AS BEING A SCHEME. IT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WHICH WILL BE WELCOME TO A
THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS THAT CAN MAKE USE OF IT, BUT
IN INDFED, NUMBERS LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT WILL BE VERY SMALL
IT WILL BE A COMPARISON WITH THE OVERALL FIGURE OF 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS. VERY SMALL PART OF IT.
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