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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1990

GOVERNOR TO TELL. PEKING OF HK'S CONCERNS

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THE PURPOSE OF HIS VISIT TO PEKENG IS TO GET ACROSS TO CHINESE OFFICIALS THE CONCERNS IN HONG KONG,

IN

HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING

AND TRY ΤΟ HONG KONG, HOW DEVELOPMENT WAS GOING ON IN THE TERRITORY

OF CONFIDENCE BETWEEN RE-ESTABLISH SOME DEGREE

OURSELVES AND THE PEOPLE IN PEKING WHO WERE INVOLVED IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS.

WE COULD MANAGE IT WOULD BE

HE HOPED THAT WITH RE-ESTABLISHED CONFIDENCE THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE ADVANTAGE OF HONG KONG AND THAT AN EASIER RELATIONSHIP THAN IT HAD BEEN OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

WHEN

SIR DAVID SAID ONE OF THE SUBJECTS HE WOULD BE COVERING MEETING THE CHINESE LEADERS WAS THE QUESTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING ITS PACE AND KONG PEOPLE.

THE VIEWS OF HONG

SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS NORTH DISTRICT.

AFTER

HIS VISIT TO THE

WAS

ON THE BASIC LAW, THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE

POINTS, INCLUDING THE ABOUT ONE OR TWO

EXTENT TO LEGISLATURE SHOULD HAVE DIRECT ELECTIONS.

STILL WHICH

ARGUMENT THE NEW

ON DISCUSSING TO ACHIEVE A

"I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE GOT' ΤΟ GO WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRAFTING THE BASIC LAW, TO TRY BASIC LAW WHICH MATCHES THE NEEDS AND THE WISHES OF THE MAIN STREAM OF OPINION IN HONG KONG,' HE SAID.

PACKAGE ASKED IF HE WOULD RAISE THE SUBJECT OF THE NATIONALITY

SOMETHING HE WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS CERTAINLY

THAT THE WOULD BE VERY WILLING TO EXPLAIN TO THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP,

WHICH HAD BEEN OBJECTIVE OF THE PACKAGE

PROPOSED BY THE BRITISH KEEP PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT WAS TO

HONG KONG SO THAT THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE TO HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY.

"I SHOULD BE VERY HAPPY AND WELLING TO EXPLAIN ΤΟ CHINESE LEADERS IF THEY ASK ME ABOUT IT," SIR DAVID SAID.

VISIT ΤΟ

ESSENTIALLY

HEAR ABOUT

ON THE COMING

HONG KONG BY THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY, THE GOVERNOR SAID MR HURD WOULD BE COMING HERE TO SEE HONG KONG FOR HIMSELF, TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE, AND TO PEOPLE'S CONCERNS.

**THAT WILL BE THE OBJECTIVE OF HIS VISIT RATHER MAKING ANY ANNOUNCEMENT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, HE ADDED.

THAN HIM

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