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FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1990

TALKS IN PEKING ARE WORKMANLIKE AND DOWN TO EARTH: GOVERNOR

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING DESCRIBED THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE TALKS HE HAD IN PEKING WITH CHINESE LEADERS WORKMANLIKE AND DOWN TO EARTH.

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT AFTER HIS THREE-DAY TO PERING. SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH SIDES TO FORWARD THEIR VIEWS AND THEIR CONCERNS CLEARLY AND IN A SENSIBLE WAY..

"WE COVERED A RANGE OF ISSUES AFFECTING HONG KONG AND HONG KONG-CHINA RELATIONS, HE SAID.

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"AMONGST THOSE WERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS HERE,. ECONOMIC.

KONG, WITH CHINA, INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG RELATIONS THAT 1 MEAN THE BIG PLANS WE'VE GOT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT AND THE PORT," HE ADDED.

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TALKED ABOUT THE BASIC LAW AND WE TALKED ABOUT POLITICAL

ΤΟ DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG, AND THAT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY ACROSS THE VIEWS AND THE CONCERNS OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ON ALL ISSUES, SIR DAVID SAID.

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"I CAN'T SAY THAT WE HAVE SOLVED ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT FACE US

DIALOUGE BUT IT

SENSIBLE HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RE-ESTABLISH A WITH PEOPLE IN PRKING WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH HONG KONG APPAIRS.

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"AND THAT, 1 TILINK, HAS BEEN HELPFUL AND WILL, HELPFUL ALSO IN THE FUTURE, HE ADDED.

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CHINESE PRIME ZHOU

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THE GOVERNON HAD TALKS AND MEETINGS

MR MINISTER,

IF PENG; THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER, MR DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, MR JI PENGFEI; AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTORS, MR LI HOU AND MR LU PING.

SIR DAVID SAID THE MAIN ACHIEVEMENT OF THE VISIT WAS ESTABLISHMENT OF A DIALOUGE WITH CHINESE LEADERS.

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'WE'VE HAD A LONGISH PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH STRAIGHTFORWARD DIALOUGE BETWEEN OURSELVES AND CHINESE LEADERS.

"WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CONCERNS HERE AND PROBLEMS HERE. TO BE ABLE A TO RE-ESTABLISH THAT

PROBLEMS DIALOUGE, TALK ABOUT THAT, I THINK, IS THE MAIN ACHIEVEMENT

WAY,

STRAIGHTFORWARD VISIT. THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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TALKED TO THE KONG. "THE PART

SIR DAVID SAID HE DEVELOPMENT, CHINESE

ABOUT ALL THE RANGE OF OPINIONS IN HONG LEADERS OMELCO CONCENSUS IS PART OF THAT, THE FOUR-FOUR-TWO PROPOSAL IS OF THAT. 1 WAS PUTTING ACROSS TO THEM THE RANGE OF THE VIEWS THERE ARE IN HONG KONG ABOUT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT," HE ADDED.

/THE GOVERNOR

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