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MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1990

CONSTRUCTIVE AND FRANK MEETING WITH OMELCO: FOREIGN SECRETARY

THE

AFFAIRS. WITH OMELCO

COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND DOUGLAS HURD, TONIGHT (MONDAY) DESCRIBED HIS MEETING MEMBERS AS CONSTRUCTIVE AND FRANK.

MR

MR HURD

TALKED

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE MEETING-CUM-DINNER, SAID HE HAD A LONG TALK ON MANY MATTERS WITH OMELCO. "IT WAS EXTREMELY USEFUL, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF THE BOAT PEOPLE, WE

PROBLEM THE

TALKED OF DEMOCRACY, WE ABOUT

ABOUT THE NATIONALITY PROBLEM. WE TALKED ABOUT THE BASIC LAW.

"EVERYBODY

BUT

SET OUT THEIR VIEWS COURTEOUSLY AND REASONABLY

HE SAID. ALSO VERY FRANKLY, AND I GAVE MY REPLIES IN THE SAME SENSE.

It

ASKED IF HE MADE ANY NEW PROMISE TO THE OMELCO MEMBERS, FOREIGN SECRETARY SAID: "NO. WE WENT OVER THE GROUND IN DETAIL AND FRANKNESS AND I THINK THE ARGUMENTS WERE WELL DEPLOYED.

THE

IN

IMPRESSED,

OCCASION " MR

"IT WAS A VERY CONSTRUCTIVE MEETING. IT WAS THE FIRST WHERE I MET OMELCO IN THEIR FULL SESSION. I WAS VERY HURD SAID.

WHICH CIVIL

ASKED TO COMMENT ABOUT THE CIVIL SERVANTS PENSION SCHEME WAS RAISED AT AN EARLIER MEETING HE HAD WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF SERVANTS ASSOCIATIONS. THE FOREIGN SECRETARY SAID THE PROVISION TO PAY THE PENSION ON TERMS NOT LESS FAVOURABLE THAN AT PRESENT WAS IN THE JOINT DECLARATION. "AND WE EXPECT IT TO BE THERE IN THE LAW.

CLEARLY BASIC

"THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG TELLS ME, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, HE IS REVIEWING THE POSSIBILITIES OF FURTHER STRENGTHENING THAT POSITION.

ASSURANCE THAT

BECAUSE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY

MR IMPORTANT.'

SAID.

HURD

LARGE POOL OF SKILLED YOUNG PEOPLE NEEDED: GOVERNOR

* *

* * * *

POOL AS

ECONOMY,

HONG KONG MUST MAKE SURE THAT IT WILL HAVE AS LARGE A POSSIBLE OF SKILLED YOUNG PEOPLE AS IT MOVES INTO AN ERA WHERE TECHNOLOGY WILL HAVE AN INCREASINGLY KEY ROLE TO PLAY IN THE THE GOVERNOR, S1R DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

"OUR MANUFACTURING

MAJOR

SHIFT 'KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE' PROCESSES.

FROM

AND SERVICE SECTORS ARE LABOUR-INTENSIVE PROCESSES

EXPERIENCING A

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