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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1990

GOVERNOR TO KEEP LONDON UP-TO-DATE

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) THE OBJECTIVE OF HIS VISIT TO LONDON WAS TO KEEP PEOPLE THERE UP-TO- DATE ON THE WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES WHICH WAS BEING DEALT WITH IN HONG KONG AT THE MOMENT.

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE, DAVID SAID: "I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN SO MUCH IS HAPPENING HERE IN HONG KONG, PEOPLE SHOULD BE KEPT UP-TO-DATE DIRECTLY BY ME.

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THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT HE WOULD BE SEEING THE SECRETARY OF STATE, MR DOUGLAS HURD; THE MINISTER OF STATE, MR FRANCIS MAUDE; THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR NICHOLAS RIDLEY; SENIOR MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.

SIR DAVID SAID AMONG THE ISSUES HE WOULD BE BRIEFING PEOPLE IN LONDON WERE THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ISSUE, AND THE WHOLE PACKAGE OF ARRANGEMENTS

FOR GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO PUT IN PLACE

THE 1991

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ON THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ISSUE, THE GOVERNOR SAID ONE THINGS THE

TO BE DONE WAS TO TRY TO MAKE AN ASSESSMEnt of WHAT THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM WAS GOING TO BE THIS YEAR.

"ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T KNOW IS WHAT SORT OF PROBLEM WE ARE

PLACE TO FACE. THE NEXT THING IS HOW CAN WE TRY TO GET IN

ALL GOING THE ARRANGEMENTS TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE,' HE SAID.

"BY THAT, I MEAN THE RESETTLEMENT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GENUINE REFUGEES; TRYING TO SPEED UP GETTING BACK TO VIETNAM THOSE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY

THEM VOLUNTEERED TO GO BACK; AND THEN THE MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL, HOW DO WE MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND

TO YET WHO HAVEN'T ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED, TRYING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM TO GO BACK TO VIETNAM,' SIR DAVID SAID.

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SEEING THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON OFF AT THE AIRPORT WAS CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD.

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