XN000022-1991-02-20 — Page 10

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1991

TRANSCRIPT OF A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION AFTER THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH AT THE FCC

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THE GOVERNOR WILL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS.

WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION то ASK PLEASE STAND UP, IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND WHERE YOU ARE FROM. FIRST QUESTION.

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FROM KEVIN SINCLAIR

GOVERNOR: I SUPPOSE I CLASSIFY THAT AS A SIMPLE QUESTION. YES, THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE PROBLEMS AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED YOU WILL FIND THEY GO BACK A GOOD DEAL IN HISTORY AND THEY ARE NOW BEING DEALT WITH. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE WAY TO DEAL WITH THEM IS TO ASK THE PRESENT ATTORNEY GENERAL TO RESIGN. I BELIEVE THE THING TO DO IS TO GET A GRIP OF SOME OF THE PROBLEM AREAS OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND I AM, MYSELF, VERY

GLAD ΤΟ SEE THAT THAT HAS BEEN DONE. I THINK A GREAT DEAL HAS NOW BEEN DONE IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE THERE WERE PROBLEMS. SOME OF THOSE DIFFICULTIES ARE NOW THE SUBJECT OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS BUT THE KEY THING IS ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED.

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NOW, MR CHAIRMAN, DAVID BOTTOMLY, ASIAN COMMERCIAL RESEARCH. SIR,

THE GOVERNOR HAS GIVEN US A VERY ARTICULATE, VERY CLEAR SPEECH AND CLEARLY MUCH PRAISE MUST GO TO THE SURGEONS OF HIS RECENT EXPERIENCE. HOWEVER, SIR, THE OPINION POLLS PUBLISHED OVER THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS BY THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST HAVE SHOWN A STEADY DECLINE IN PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT YOUR GOVERNMENT. DO YOU FEEL THAT TWO QUESTIONS REALLY: DOES IT WORRY YOU THAT THE PUBLIC, DESPITE THE MANY VIRTUES YOU HAVE PRESENTED TO US TODAY, DECLINES TO BELIEVE THEM AND IS SCEPTICAL AND SECONDLY, DO YOU FEEL IT IMPORTANT TO TAKE SOME KIND OF ACTION FURTHER TO CONVEY TO PEOPLE POINTS WHICH MIGHT TURN ROUND THIS RATHER SERIOUS DECLINE IN YOUR GOVERNMENT'S PUBLIC STANDING?

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GOVERNOR:

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