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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1991

"AS YOU KNOW THE POSITION OF SENIOR MEMBER IS NOT SOMETHING LAID DOWN IN THE CONSTITUTION; IT'S AN INFORMAL WAY OF DOING THINGS, AND AS LEGCO CHANGES IT WANTS TO LOOK AT THE WAY IT DOES THINGS IT'S NOT AT ALL SURPRISING TO MY MIND THAT THEY WILL LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF RUNNING THEIR OWN BUSINESS.

AND

AND YOU "THEY'LL WANT TO LOOK AT THE QUESTION OF SENIOR MEMBER;

BEING APPOINTED KNOW THIS TIME INSTEAD OF A SENIOR MEMBER AS IT WERE,

BE FOR SHOULD

MEMBERS BY THE GOVERNOR I TOOK THE VIEW THAT THAT

LEE THEMSELVES TO DECIDE ON; THAT IS WHAT WAS DONE AND NOW WITH ALLEN

TO DECIDE HAVING STEPPED DOWN IT WILL BE FOR THE MEMBERS THEMSELVES WHAT THEY WANT TO DO NEXT," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

ASKED IF MR LEE'S RESIGNATION REFLECTED THAT FACTIONAL POLITICS SORT IN LEGCO WOULD INTENSIFY, SIR DAVID SAID: "WHEN YOU'VE GOT A NEW

THINK YOU'RE OF LEGCO WITH PEOPLE BEING ELECTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS I

IN DIFFERENT GOING TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION; YOU CAN SAY THAT PEOPLE

DON'T THINK GROUPS PUTTING FORWARD DIFFERENT SORTS OF VIEWS, BUT I THIS IS JUST STRAIGHTFORWARD FACTIONAL POLITICS.

IN WHICH "IT'S PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE HONG KONG SYSTEM

THERE IS YOU HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPS PUTTING FORWARD DIFFERENT VIEWS. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, AS LONG AS EVERYBODY HAS THE COMMON INTENTION OF TRYING TO REACH CONCLUSIONS WHICH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF HONG KONG AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE; I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY WHAT EVERY OF HONG PERSON IN LEGCO REALLY WANTS TO DO, TO WORK FOR THE BENEFIT

DO," HE KONG. THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT I WILL WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND TO ADDED.

ASKED ABOUT THE ISSUE OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE

NO HAD

DOUBT THAT THE PROGRAMME

THE RETURNING MIGRANTS TO THEIR HOMES SHOULD GO ON.

OF

VIETNAMESE

"AFTER ALL THE SITUATION IS STILL THERE THAT WE HAVE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE NOT REFUGEES; THEY'VE BEEN FOUND VERY

IS

A LARGE BY A TOTALLY REMAIN DAVID

THOROUGH SCREENING PROCESS, NOT TO BE REFUGEES. IT WRONG IN MY VIEW AND VERY SERIOUSLY INHUMANE THAT THEY SHOULD IN CAMPS FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR, PARTICULARLY YOUNG CHILDREN," SIR SAID.

FS TO VISIT CHINA

THE FINANCIAL

HAMISH SECRETARY, MR

I

MACLEOD, FAMILIARISATION VISIT TO CHINA FROM MONDAY (NOVEMBER 18) (NOVEMBER 23).

MR MACLEOD WILL MEET

CHINESE OFFICIALS

BANKING AND BUSINESS SECTOR IN PEKING,

WILL

PAY

A

TO SATURDAY

AND LEADERS IN THE SHANGHAI, CANTON AND SHENZHEN.

THE FINANCIAL