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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1992

LORD WILSON HOPES FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW GOVERNOR SOON * * * * * *

THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) HE HOPED THERE WOULD BE A DECISION BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT SOON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW GOVERNOR.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING KWUN TONG DISTRICT, WILSON SAID HE KNEW THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WAS VERY ANXIOUS THAT DECISION SHOULD BE TAKEN SOON.

ON

LORD THE

WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I DISCUSSED WITH HIM WHEN "THAT

I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN LAST IN LONDON, AND HE ASSURED ME THEN THAT IF HE WAS THE ELECTIONS, AND HE HAS BEEN, THAT HE WOULD WANT TO MOVE ON TO DECISION ON WHO THE NEXT GOVERNOR SHOULD BE AS SOON AS HE COULD THE ELECTION," HE SAID.

THE AFTER

WILL

"BUT ONCE WISH

THE APPOINTMENT IS MADE, IN ONE WAY OR TO GO AND TALK TO THE PERSON WHO IS APPOINTED

ANOTHER,

I

TO

SUCCEED

ME," HE ADDED.

TURNING TO HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT TO LONDON, LORD WILSON SAID ABOUT THIS WAS ONE OF HIS REGULAR VISITS. HE SAID HE WOULD BE TALKING EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING IN HONG KONG AS WELL AS HIS RECENT VISIT TO GUANGDONG.

ASKED

ABOUT THE SUGGESTION OF APPOINTING A DEPUTY GOVERNOR HONG KONG, LORD WILSON SAID THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO DECIDED BY HIS SUCCESSOR.

IN

BE

SHOULD

IF

THERE GOVERNOR JUST

"THE

QUESTION THAT CAME FORWARD AT ONE STAGE WAS THERE BE A DEPUTY GOVERNOR WHO WOULD GO STRAIGHT THROUGH 1997; AND THAT, YOU COULD DO IT, THERE'S AN ARGUMENT FOR IT BUT FOR THE MOMENT IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT YOU COULD HAVE A DEPUTY GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH 1997," HE SAID.

LORD ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE,

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VIEWS

ON DIRECT

WILSON POINTED OUT THAT WHILE HE HAD NO RIGID

HE SAW A GREAT ADVANTAGE IN THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE CIVIL SERVICE.

THE

TURNING ΤΟ THE RECENT INCREASE IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, GOVERNOR SAID THE

THIS AREA SINCE POLICE HAD BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN TAKING OVER ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE BORDER.

KONG

DOING

IS

THE HONG LORD WILSON SAID IT WAS CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE THAT

WAS GOVERNMENT

NOTHING ABOUT

"THE IT.

GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO GO ON DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN AS EVERY WAY WE CAN; AND IN PARTICULAR TO TRY TO MAKE IT AS DIFFICULT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO EMPLOY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS,"

"THE BLAME MUST LIE,

NOT JUST ON THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THEMSELVES, BUT ON THE PEOPLE WHO KNOWINGLY EMPLOY SOMEBODY WHO IS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE EMPLOYERS AS AS WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, HE SAID.

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WELL

/ASKED TO