THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1989
REPORTER:
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT, IN FACT, THIS LEGISLATION NOT GOING TO BE PASSED BECAUSE OF THE BACKBENCH REVOLT?
IS
GOVERNOR : WELL, LOOKED AT FROM HONG KONG, 1 OBVIOUSLY VERY MUCH HOPE THAT IT WILL BE PASSED AND I AM PLEASED TO SEE THE DETERMINATION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO PUT THROUGH THIS SCHEME, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE GOT
I
OBVIOUSLY, POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES IN DOING SO.
HOPE, SUBSTANTIAL THAT IT WILL BE PASSED WITHOUT PROBLEMS. BUT ANY LEGISLATION OF THIS SORT OF COMPLEXITY AND IT IS A FAIRLY NOVEL FORM OF LEGISLATION [S GOING TO LEAD TO QUITE A LOT OF ARGUMENT IN PARLIAMENT, THAT IS OBVIOUS.
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QUITE
REPORTER: SO DO YOU SEE THIS PACKAGE AS PERHAPS A COUP FOR YOURSELF BECAUSE IT IS VERY NEAR THE FIGURES WHICH YOU WERE ORIGINALLY FOR?
GOVERNOR:
ASKING
I DON'T LOOK AT THIS AT ALL PERSONALLY, I THINK IT
LARGE SOMETHING WHICH HONG KONG CAN MAKE USE OF. THERE HAVE BEEN
FOR PRESSING NUMBER
PEOPLE OF
IN HONG KONG, ALL WHO HAVE PACKAGE FROM THE SUBSTANTIAL
UK;
BEEN
CONTRIBUTING TO THAT EFFORT.
IS
A
BEEN MANY MANY,
A
PEOPLE HAVE
REPORTER: THERE HAS BEEN AN ACCELERATING TWO OR THREE YEARS. WILL THIS HAVE ANY IMPACT?
BRAIN-DRAIN
IN THE
LAST
GOVERNOR:
SEE,
50,000 YEARS OF
YOU I THINK IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT. YES, HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD IS THE EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE THE TALENTED PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LEAVING UP TO NOW, SO THAT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT FIGURE. IT MEANS THAT THOSE PEOPLE, I HOPE, WILL NOW STAY ASSURANCES IN HONG KONG INSTEAD OF GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GET THEIR FOR
RFFECT THE FUTURE. NOW THAT COULD HAVE A QUITE SIGNIFICANT HONG KONG.
ENOUGH BUT IS THIS
ΤΟ
REALLY
ON
то
REPORTER:
MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG, GIVEN THAT ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS PEOPLE ARE LEAVING
TERRITORY'S BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT FUTURE AND THE SITUATION IN CHINA?
GOVERNOR:
IS
THE
ONE
POLITICAL
SINGLE THE OPPOSITE.
ANYBODY SHOULD SAY THERE IS I DON'T THINK THING WHICH EITHER PRODUCES CONFIDENCE OR WHICH DOES TO PRODUCE CONFIDENCE YOU NEED A WHOLE SERIES OF THINGS, BUT THIS IS A CONFIDENCE IN SIGNIFICANT PART OF WHAT CAN BE DONE TO TRY TO CREATE HONG KONG. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT THAT. IT IS SOMETHING WHICH MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LOT OF TOO, HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND PUTTING A EFFORT INTO TRYING TO OBTAIN.
MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG REPORTER: YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING, IN FACT
RIGHT HAVE BEEN ARGUING, THAT ONE GOOD REASON TO GIVE PEOPLE HERE THE
IS TO KEEP OF ABODE IN BRITAIN, TO GIVE THEM FULL BRITISH PASSPORTS
то CHANGE THEM HERE. BUT, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE MINDS AGAIN, GIVEN THE CURRENT UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT THE FUTURE? DO
AGAIN IN THE THINK THAT IT'S LIKELY PEOPLE WOULD CHANGE THEIR MINDS RUN-UP TO 19977
THEIR YOU
/GOVERNOR: IT
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