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TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1990

MR

EXPRESSIONS OF

TO GIVE

THE THIS

I'VE HAD MANY HURD: YES, IT HAS HELPED.

I WOULDN'T LIKE VIEW. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN UNANIMOUS : IMPRESSION THAT EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD FROM HONG KONG CHINESE ON

TO YESTERDAY SUBJECT BAS BEEN UNANIMOUS. AT THE JOINT BOARD I WENT

THIS ON

PARTICULAR AFTERNOON, THERE WAS QUITE A DIVISION OF VIEW

VIEW

THE SUBJECT.

BACKING BUT

THERE IS A VERY STRONG CERTAINLY.

WHAT OMELCO CONSENSUS, AS YOU SAY. WHAT WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH IS. AT

CLEARLY MOST LEVEL AND IN WHAT WAY WE CAN START THE PROCEDURE WHICH

KONG IN PEOPLE HERE WANT, FOR A STRONG START FOR DEMOCRACY IN HONG

INCREASE TO THE 1991. HOW WE CAN BEST START THAT AND MAXIMISE AND

CONTINUING AND

GREATEST POSSIBLE DEVELOPING UP TO AND BEYOND 1997.

EXTENT THE

PROSPECT

OF

THAT

LEAVING THEY'VE

SARAH HELM (THE INDEPENDENT): YOU'VE SAID THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE URGED THE COURSE OF MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT JUST FOR 1991, AND THE REST UP IN THE AIR. CAN YOU SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE AND WHO BEEN.

WELL,

POINT HAD MR HURD:

NO.

I DIDN'T SAY MANY PEOPLE, I SAID THE

WHOM. BUT CERTAINLY BEEN PUT TO ME - AND I CAN'T ACTUALLY REMEMBER BY I DO REMEMBER, I THINK IN THE COURSE OF TODAY, IT BEING SAID:

BUT WE HAVEN'T WHY DON'T YOU JUST MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1991?

YOU THE REACHED A CONCLUSION ABOUT THAT AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE ANSWER IN

TO YOUR IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS A FAVOURED OPTION, BUT

YET COLLEAGUE I SAID, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS AN OPTION WHICH WE HAVEN'T AS EXCLUDED.

BE

PAUL HARRINGTON (HR STANDARD): MR HURD, YOU HAVE SAID IT POSSIBLE FOR BRITAIN TO MAKE A UNILATERAL DECISION ON THE PACK

REFORMS

UP UNTIL FOR DEMOCRATIC

1991.

WHEN DO YOU THINK DECISIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR BRITAIN, CONCERNING HONG KONG

MAY

OF

SUCH

MR HURD: WELL. IT WOULD ALWAYS BE POSSIBLE TO DO THAT. POSSIBILITY, OF COURSE, EXISTS AND WE MAY WELL HAVE TO EXERCISE IT.

LOUIS

THAT

PEOPLE PROTECTION IN

TING (HK ECONOMIC TIMES): DO YOU THINK THAT THE INCLUDED IN THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE HAVE THE CONSULAR HONG KONG AFTER 1997? THE FIRST QUESTION.

MR HURD: YES.

THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION IS,

YES.

LOUIS

UNDER SHOULD

19:

TING:

THE BILL OF ACCORDING TO

NOW RIGHTS DRAFTING IN HONG KONG, DO YOU THINK THAT THE BILL OF RIGHTS

OTHER AND THE OVERRIDE ALL THE OTHER ORDINANCES IN HONG KONG?

RESPONSIBILITY YOU HAVE SAID THAT HONG KONG HAS SHOULDERED A VERY BIG

GOVERNMENT ON THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE ISSUE. DO YOU THINK THE BRITISH

VIETNAMESE REFUGEE SHOULD PAY ALL THE EXPENSES IN DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG?

/MR HURD: