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MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1990

"HE CONFIRMED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED

BE DEBATED

TO GO SOON IN PARLIAMENT

AHEAD

AFTER

IT

WITH THE SCHEME THAT IT WILL EASTER AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE MINISTERS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH PARLIAMENT," SIR DAVID SAID.

DELAY A

IN TABLING

BILL

IN HAS BEEN

THE ASKED IF THERE

EVER A PARLIAMENT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID: "I DON'T THINK THERE IS

EASTER. IT COULD DEBATED BEFORE CHANCE THAT IT IS GOING TO BE TABLED STILL BEFORE EASTER BUT THE EARLIEST TIME IT CAN BE DEBATED AFTER EASTER. SO THERE IS NO QUESTION OF DELAY:"

IT REMAINED REPLYING TO ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR DAVID SAID

HONG GOVERNMENT'S POSITION THAT WE HAD NO INTENTION OF ALLOWING TO BE USED AS A BASE FOR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY AGAINST CHINA.

"NEVERTHELESS THE FREEDOMS WHICH ARE SO INHERENT TO

HE ADDED.

AND ITS WAY OF LIFE WILL BE PRESERVED,

BE

IS

THE

KONG

HONG KONG

ALLAY

ASKED IF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE ANY FURTHER ACTION TO

BE NECESSARY CHINA'S FEAR, SIR DAVID SAID HE DIDN'T THINK THAT WOULD AS WE HAD MADE OUR POSITION VERY CLEAR A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE PAST.

HK COMMITTEE FOR PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION SET UP

A

HONG KONG

COMMITTEE

PACIFIC

ECONOMIC

CO-OPERATION RELATING TO CO-OPERATION

FOR (HKCPEC) HAS BEEN SET UP TO ADVISE GOVERNMENT ON MATTERS

IN THE PACIFIC ECONOMIC HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION

HONG KONG'S INPUT TO THE CO-ORDINATE TO

CONFERENCE CONFERENCE,

(PECC)

AND

AMONG

(MONDAY), SPEAKING AFTER THE FIRST MEETING OF THE HKCPEC TODAY

AND INDUSTRY AND

THE CHAIRMAN OF TRADE THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR

SUBSCRIBED FULLY COMMITTEE, MR JOSEPH WONG WING-PING, SAID HONG KONG

ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION

THE TO THE PECC OBJECTIVE OF PROMOTING

ECONOMIC ECONOMIES IN THE PACIFIC REGION SO AS TO BRING ABOUT GREATER

OF PROSPERITY

THE BENEFITS AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REGION.

STABILITY AND

"THE COMMITTEE HAS AGREED THAT IT SHOULD PARTICIPATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PECC AND TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TOWARDS THIS OBJECTIVE," MR WONG SAID.

FULLY IN ATTAINING

THE WORLD, A STAUNCH "AS THE 11TH LARGEST TRADING ENTITY IN

ON FREE TRADER, A SEPARATE CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT

INTEGRAL PART OF THE TARIFFS AND TRADE AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, AN

HONG KONG SHOULD HAVE A REGIONAL ECONOMY, WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT

ECONOMIC REGIONAL TO MAKE

A ROLE TO PLAY IN CONTRIBUTION CO-OPERATION," HE ADDED.

AND

/MR WONG