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JUBOVNI,

LIKE

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ΤΟ SEE AN AGREEMENT. I MR HURD: I

I WOULD SAID

I ALSO SAID DELIBERATELY SAID I WASN'T GOING TO PROPHESY THE OUTCOME. THAT ON SOME OCCASIONS IT LOOKED AS IF THE DIFFERENCES WERE NARROWING, ON OTHER OCCASIONS IT DID NOT, AND THAT IS WHY I USED THIS PHRASE "THE A FORM BUT THE DISCUSSIONS HAVE TAKEN EDB AND FLOW OF DISCUSSION".

OBVIOUSLY I HOPE WHICH SEEM TO ME TO JUSTIFY CONTINUING THE EFFORT.

AND IN ANY SUCH I CANNOT BE SURE OF THAT. THE EFFORT WILL SUCCEED

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AND DISCUSSION

COUNTER-DISCUSSION, COURSE THERE EFFORT OF SUGGESTION AND COUNTER-SUGGESTION, AND NO ONE IS EXPECTING ANYBODY TO MAKE UNLIMITED CONCESSIONS, THAT'S NOT THE WAY THESE DISCUSSIONS WORK.

COULD YOU PLEASE SAY

HANS VRIENS (RADIO NETHERLANDS): MR HURD, ON HOW MANY POINTS YOU STILL HAVE TO REACH AGREEMENT WITH THE CHINESE?

THAN

MR HURD: NO, I CAN'T SAY THAT I'M AFRAID, BUT IT IS MORE

OF FINANCIAL ONE, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE FIGURES AND THE QUESTION STABILITY, THERE ARE OTHER POINTS.

THE

BE

FANNY WONG (SCMP): CAN YOU GIVE AN UNDERTAKING THAT IF IN END YOU DID REACH A DEAL WITH THE CHINESE THE FULL DETAILS WOULD

AND ALSO, JUDGING FROM WHAT YOU SAID JUST NOW, REVEALED TO HONG KONG? IS IT TRUE THAT THE AIRPORT PROJECT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO GO AHEAD

IT IF, SAY, THAT WE MAY NEED TO DELAY IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIMING?

IN THE NEGOTIATIONS

CHINESE IS NOT THAT SUCCESSFUL

FUTURE?

THE WITH

NEAR

FOR

MR HURD: I KNOW THE GOVERNOR, AND THIS IS REALLY A MATTER

WITH THOSE HIM,

IS VERY ANXIOUS IN ALL THESE MATTERS TO DEAL OPENLY

ON THE WHO ADVISE HIM AND THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE IN HONG KONG.

AGREEMENT CAN BE WE HOPE THAT SECOND POINT I REPEAT WHAT I SAID:

OF THE AND THIS IS A MATTER OF JUDGMENT REACHED, IF IT ISN'T THEN

AIRPORT FOR THE POSSIBLE IT WILL NOT BE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

THE HONG KONG PROJECT TO PROCEED ACCORDING TO THE TIMETABLE WHICH

ON GOVERNMENT PLAN. THAT DOES NOT REMOVE THE NEED FOR A NEW AIRPORT

CAN REASONABLY I THINK THAT IS ALL ONE WHICH ALL SIDES ARE AGREED. SAY BY WAY OF PREDICTION AT THE PRESENT TIME.

-

FANNY WONG (SCMP): DEFINITELY GOING TO GO AHEAD. AT

CHRK LAP

KOK?

SITE

ABOUT THE SHOULD BE

MR HURD: THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A REAL PROBLEM SITE. NO ONE SUGGESTED TO ME, IN PEKING, THAT THE CHANGED.

ROBINA GIBB (NEWSWEEK): YOU TALK ABOUT HOW CRUCIAL IT IS TO GET HAPPEN, YET TH15 AN AGREEMENT FOR THE PROGRESS OF CONSULTATION TO

CAN YOU SAY THEN PROJECT HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

STARTED SOONER WHY 1N RETROSPECT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DIDN'T GET

WE'RE VERY LATE IN THE DAY NOW. WITH THE PROCESS OF CONSULTATION?

THE

REALLY IS A WELL THAT MR HURD : THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. MATTER FOR THEM; THEY HAVE INCREASINGLY IN RECENT TIMES PROVIDED

GONE CHINESE

WITH THE INFORMATION WHICH THEY WANTED AND GOVERNMENT

OF OFFICIALS INTO VERY DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM WHICH MY TEAM

1N THE AND I REPEAT, ONE CAN HARK BACK AND I HAVE CARRIED FORWARD.

ME IN PEKING, WAY THAT YOU HAVE, BUT IT WASN'T A POINT PRESSED ON

THERE WASN'T A THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON OTHER MATTERS BUT

CRITICISM EARLIER CRITICISM OF LACK OF INFORMATION.

MET I BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN MET. WOULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT.

THERE WAS THAT

I THINK IF IT HADN'T BEEN

/HUMPHREY HAWSLEY