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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1991

A.

THE

THE 1997, HONG POINT

CASE. IN , 'INT

NO. THAT IS NOT THE CASE, AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE

WE COMMUNIQUE

ISSUED YESTERDAY WE REAFFIRMED FULLY DECLARATION. WE REAFFIRMED THE FACT THAT BETWEEN NOW AND KONG PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RUN HONG KONG. I EXPLICITLY MADE THAT AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. THE POSITION. THE ARRANGEMENT IS EXACTLY AS IT WAS NEGOTIATED IN 1984 AND HASN'T CHANGED.

Q. WELL, PEKING WILL HAVE A SAY IN BORROWING REQUIREMENTS.

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WILL

THAT

BEYOND 1997 IN A. THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT GO ON AND EXTEND WAY

STABLE IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG TO HAVE A WHICH

SITUATION THAT WILL SURVIVE AFTER 1997. WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE THINGS ON PRACTICAL BASIS. ALL THAT WAS FORSEEN IN THE THEORY AND IN THE CLAUSES OF THE JOINT

WE HAVE DECLARATION.

AGAIN. REAFFIRMED REAFFIRMED EXPLICITLY

AGAIN THAT AFTER YET

1997, HONG KONG CONTINUE FOR 50 YEARS AT LEAST IN THE SAME CAPITALIST TRADITION

I WENT THERE TO HAS MADE IT SUCH A REMARKABLE SUCCESS IN RECENT YEARS. PEKING TO MAKE SURE ALL THAT WAS RECONFIRMED. IT WAS RECONFIRMED. WAS RECONFIRMED IN THE COMMUNIQUE, BOTH CHINA AND BRITAIN THEIR SIGNATURES TO THAT COMMUNIQUE. SO UPON THAT POINT, I AM HERE REASSURE HONG KONG, BUT PREDOMINANTLY, I AM HERE TO LOOK, TO то LEARN AND TO SEE HOW WE TAKE POLICY FORWARD. THANK YOU INDEED.

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LISTEN, VERY MUCH

PM TALKS TO NEWSMEN AT VM CAMP

TRANSCRIPT: PRIME MINISTER, MR JOHN MAJOR,

ΤΟ HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE FOR

SPEAKS TO PRESS AFTER VISIT

VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS

THE

NO-ONE NEED EXPECT ME TO DEAL WITH MATTERS OF POLICY AT

THE CAMPS MOMENT OR MATTERS OF THAT KIND. NOBODY CAN HAVE A LOOK AT AND SEE THE CONCERN OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, AND HEAR THE STORIES OF WHY THEY CAME WITHOUT BEING MOVED.

KONG, THERE IS A TWIN TRAGEDY. THE TRAGEDY OF COURSE FOR HONG THAT ALONE OF ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE REGION HAS OPERATED A POLICY OF FIRST ASYLUM, AND FACES A PROBLEM THAT IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR GREAT BRAVERY AND THEM ΤΟ DEAL WITH AND THAT THEY HAVE FACED WITH

OF THE TRAGEDY

INDIVIDUAL FOR COURAGE

A LONG TIME. AND THEN THE FAMILIES WHO ARE HERE, WHO FELT COMPELLED TO LEAVE THE HOMES THEY BEFORE ΤΟ SEEK SOMETHING BETTER.

HAD

WANTED

TONIGHT IS NOT AN OCCASION FOR STATEMENTS OF POLICY. I ΤΟ COME AND SEE THE CAMPS FOR MYSELF; TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO HERE: TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IN HONG KONG; TALK TO THE PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK IN THE CAMPS; LOOK AT THE FACILITIES THAT ARE HERE; TO SEE THE SCHOOL: THE SHOP

FIRST HAND WHAT THE MOMENT OF COURSE IS CLOSED; TO LEARN AT RECREATIONAL AND OTHER FACILITIES ARE LIKE,

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