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MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1991

HONG KONG LACKED LIKE TO MAKE

SIR DAVID DISAGREED WITH ANY SUGGESTION THAT SINCERITY. HE SAID THAT WAS ONE THING THAT HE WOULD ABSOLUTELY CLEAR WHEN HE WAS IN PEKING.

"AND IT'S A GOOD REASON FOR GOING IS THAT, WE DO SINCERITY WANT TO HAVE THE PROPER SORT OF CO-OPERATIVE WITH CHINA.

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WITH GREAT RELATIONSHIP

SERVES CHINESE "IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US, I BELIEVE IT ALSO INTERESTS, AND GOING AND TALKING DIRECTLY IS ONE WAY I HOPE OF SHOWING THAT WE DO LOOK AT THAT VERY SERIOUSLY AND WITH GREAT SINCERITY," DAVID SAID.

SIR

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE PEKING PART OF HIS PROGRAMME HAD NOT ANY WAY BEEN SHORTENED.

IN

HE

LIMIT

SAID THE TIANJIN PART WAS SHORTENED BECAUSE HE THE AMOUNT OF TIME HE WAS AWAY FROM HONG KONG IN VIEW UNCERTAINTY PRODUCED BY THE GULF SITUATION.

WANTED ΤΟ OF THE

SECRETARY,

SIR DAVID WAS SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SIR DAVID FORD; SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, BARONESS DUNN, SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ALLEN LEE; AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY HONG KONG BRANCH, MR QIAO ZONGHUAI.

HK'S OIL STOCKS REMAIN SUFFICIENT

SHIPMENTS AND SUFFICIENT REMAIN HONG KONG'S OIL STOCKS CONTINUING TO ARRIVE ON SCHEDULE, THE DIRECTOR

T.H. BARMA, SAID DISTRIBUTION

ARE

TODAY

(MONDAY) ΤΟ REVIEW

AFTER A THE SUPPLY

OF OIL SUPPLIES,

OIL MEETING OF THE

FOLLOWING SITUATION

MR

THE

GULF

REMAINED

NORMAL AND TANKER

COMMITTEE

RECENT EVENTS IN THE GULF WAR.

HE SAID SUPPLIES FROM TRAFFIC DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.

"AMPLE OIL STOCKS ARE AVAILABLE IN ALL THE MAJOR ECONOMIES.

"THIS ADEQUATE SUPPLY SITUATION IS SHOWN MOST FACT THAT OIL PRICES HAVE FALLEN QUICKLY TO BELOW US$20 A BARREL, SAID,

CLEARLY IN THE

HR

MR BARMA SAID THE COMMITTEE HAD AGREED TO

CONTINUE

MONITORING

EVENTS.

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