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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1990

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GREAT HOPE IN HK THAT NA

ONALITY BILL WILL PASS: GOVERNOR

THAT WILL

WILSON, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID

SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE THERE IS A GREAT HOPE IN HONG KONG

BILL NATIONALITY

AND THAT IT PASS THE SECOND READING IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TONIGHT WILL GET THROUGH THE COMMITTEE STAGE.

SPEAKING

TO REPORTERS

AFTER OFFICIATING AT

THE OPENING THAT CEREMONY OF THE SHING MUN TUNNELS THIS AFTERNOON, SIR DAVID SAID

THE BILL WOULD BE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WOULD BE HOPING THAT

PASSED OF KEEPING IN HONG SUCCESSFULLY AND IT WOULD ACHIEVE ITS OBJECTIVE KONG A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF KEY PEOPLE.

ELITE 50,000

KEEP IN HONG THE ECONOMY. WHEREAS

ASKED TO COMMENT ON A CRITICISM OF THE BILL FOR BEING AN MEASURE, SIR DAVID SAID: "IT HAS TO BE SELECTIVE IF IT IS ONLY HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS. BUT THE IMPORTANT POINT IS IF YOU KONG, LET'S SAY 50,000 KEY PEOPLE, THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THAT IN TURN EFFECTS THE LIVELIHOOD OF EVERYBODY IN HONG KONG

THEN EVERYBODY WOULD BE IF THOSE KEY 50,000 PEOPLE LEFT HONG KONG, AFFECTED.

LARGE NUMBER IN HONG KONG "SO EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE A

WHO I AM SURE THAT A CANNOT HOPE THEMSELVES TO BE COVERED BY THE BILL

THE BILL WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF THEM NEVERTHELESS HOPE THAT PASSED AND THAT OTHER PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WILL BENEFIT FROM IT.

IF THE BILL DOES THAT THE PEOPLE HERE

IF DISILLUSIONED

IT FAILED ΤΟ

ASKED WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT ON HONG KONG NOT PASS IN THE PARLIAMENT, THE GOVERNOR SAID WOULD BE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AND PASS.

COURSE "I HOPE THAT IT WILL PASS. IT IS OF

TONIGHT, I THINK IS NOT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG REALISE, IT'S ONLY THE SECOND READING. IT

A IT THEN HAS TO GO TO

FAIRLY LENGTHY COMMITTEE THE COMPLETE BILL. STAGE, HE ADDED.

THAT HE THOUGHT MOTIVES

IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR DAVID SAID

CHINESE SUSPICION ABOUT THE THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OF THE BILL.

THAT HONG KONG SIMPLY UP WE HAVE

"I HOPE OVER TIME WE WILL BE ABLE TO PERSUADE THE CHINESE THE REAL OBJECTIVE OF THE BILL IS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT REMAINS PROSPEROUS, THAT IT REMAINS STABLE AND THIS IS NOT TO 1997 UNDER BRITISH ADMINISTRATION BUT BEYOND 1997 BECAUSE VERY REAL RESPONSIBILITY TO LAUNCH THE HONG KONG SAR

UTMOST 1997. THAT IS WHAT WE INTEND TO DO OUR VERY SAID.

SUCCESSFULLY IN TO ACHIEVE, HE

FI

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