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FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1992
GOVERNOR HOPES FOR RAPID PROGRESS IN AIRPORT FINANCE TALKS
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THE
THE ONLY NEGOTIATING POSITION FOR THE GOVERNMENT IS TO GET BEST POSSIBLE DEAL FOR HONG KONG IN ORDER TO BUILD THE BEST POSSIBLE AIRPORT, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING A FACTORY IN TAI SAID THE REALITY WAS THAT THE AIRPORT WOULD BE COMPLETED.
PO,
HE
"EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET AHEAD WITH IT AS SOON
POSSIBLE. I WISH I COULD SAY THAT DELAY WAS A COST-FREE OPTION, ALAS IT'S NOT," MR PATTEN SAID.
AS
HE ADDED: "WHETHER OR NOT I SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE AIRPORT DOESN'T CHANGE THE REALITIES."
"THE SOONER WE REACH AN AGREEMENT; AND WE WILL BEFORE TOO LONG, REACH AN AGREEMENT, ON THE OVERALL FINANCING OF THE AIRPORT AND THE PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, THE BETTER,' HE ADDED.
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MR PATTEN SAID THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE HAD AGREED TO REFLECT ON A ISSUES RAISED AND HE HOPED THAT THOSE REFLECTIONS COULD LEAD TO COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PERIOD
OF
GOOD
"I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WHEN THE REFLECTION IS COMPLETED, AND AUGUST IS SOMETIMES A PARTICULARLY TIME FOR REFLECTION, WHEN THAT PERIOD OF REFLECTION IS OVER I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS AS RAPIDLY AS WE CAN.
AND
"WE
THE
SIDE HAVE EXTREMELY GOOD PUBLIC OFFICIALS ON BOTH THE PRC ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE IN THESE TALKS IN
AIRPORT SURE THAT THEY WOULD ALL COMMITTEE.. AND I'M
ΤΟ LIKE
SEE THEIR DISCUSSIONS COME TO A SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION SO THAT THEY CAN GET WITH OTHER MATTERS," HE SAID.
ON
AS
CHINESE
THAT
OF
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO ESTABLISHING GOOD A RELATIONSHIP AS POSSIBLE WITH HIS COUNTERPARTS IN THE GOVERNMENT WHEN HE HAD LEARNT ABOUT THE FULL RANGE OF PROBLEMS HAD TO ADDRESS IN HONG KONG AND WHEN HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY DISCUSSING MATTERS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AS BROADLY AS POSSIBLE.
"I'M SURE
ME IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR
TO CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE PRC. AS YOU WELL KNOW,
FOR
HONG AMBASSADOR
THE PRC IN LONDON IS COMING THROUGH
KONG WEEK, I'LL BE CONTINUING MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM ON THAT OCCASION,
THE
THE
NEXT
HE SAID.
"THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT I WANT ΤΟ HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRC AS POSSIBLE, HE ADDED.
AS
GOOD
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