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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1991

USEFUL TALKS WITH LU PING: GOVERNOR

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY} HE FOUND THE TWO SESSIONS OF TALKS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE OF CHINA'S STATE COUNCIL, MR LU PING, TO USEFUL.

SPEAKING

TO

THAT

KONG

BE

SIR DAVID

WE

LONDON, REPORTERS BEFORE LEAVING FOR SAID: "I BELIEVE WE MADE SOME PROGRESS BUT THERE ARE THINGS WHICH STILL WANT TO GO ON TALKING ABOUT."

AIRPORT

THE

"THERE ARE A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES CONNECTED WITH THE AND I SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR, WE HAVEN'T SIMPLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT AIRPORT.

WOULD

KONG AND "THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO ON BETWEEN HONG

EVEN THOUGH THE CHINA WHICH ARE NOT SIMPLY LIMITED TO THE AIRPORT, AIRPORT IS OF COURSE A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT WHICH, I FOR ONE, LIKE TO GET ON WITH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I BELIEVE IT IS VERY

HE SAID. TO THE LONG-TERM ADVANTAGE OF HONG KONG,

W

MUCH

ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING SOME CHINESE TO THE

WHOLE AIRPORT

SIR DAVID SAID THAT A

OF ISSUES RANGE AUTHORITY, CONNECTED WITH THE AIRPORT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE CHINESE THERE WERE STILL A NUMBER OF POINTS OF DISCUSSION TO GO.

AND

CAN

THAT PARTICULAR "I WOULDN'T LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE DETAIL OF POINT. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT I WANT AN AIRPORT AUTHORITY WHICH

IMPORTANT THING," НЕ EFFECTIVELY CARRY OUT IT'S TASK, THAT IS THE

SAID.

COMMITTEE

"WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT A CONSULTATIVE OR AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THERE I THINK THE IMPORTANT POINT IS WE WANT ΤΟ MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ARE WELL INFORMED ABOUT HAPPENING ON THE AIRPORT PROJECT.

WHAT'S

ARE WELL DONE, WE ARE

"THAT IS THE KEY THING; TO TRY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE INFORMED. THE EXACT WAY IN WHICH THAT IS GOING TO BE STILL TRYING TO WORK OUT," SIR DAVID SAID.

IN GERMANY TO OPEN A A LARGE ROLE;

THE GOVERNOR WILL BE GOING TO HANOVER, MAJOR EXHIBITION AND FAIR WHERE HONG KONG IS PLAYING AND HE WILL ALSO VISIT THE NETHERLANDS.

TO GERMANY, HURD: THE LORD CAITHNESS;

SIR DAVID WILL TRAVEL TO LONDON, BEFORE HIS TRIP WHERE HE WILL BE SEEING THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, MR DOUGLAS MINISTER WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG, AND SENIOR OFFICIALS AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.

THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL,

DAVID FORD;

AND THE DUNN; LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ALLEN LEE.

SIR

THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WERE SEEN OFF AT

THE SENIOR SECRETARY,

LADY

SENIOR

THE AIRPORT MEMBER OF MEMBER

BY

THE

OF

THE

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