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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1992

THE

GOVERNOR LOOKS FORWARD TO SEEING ZHOU NAN

PATTEN, SAID

GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER

TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG AND EXCHANGING KONG BRANCH OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY, MR ZHOU NAN, VIEWS ON GENERAL ISSUES WITH HIM.

"IT'S A MEETING AT WHICH WE WILL, I AM SURE, BE ABLE TO GET

TOGETHER, I KNOW ONE ANOTHER MUCH BETTER BECAUSE WE WILL BE WORKING HOPE, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AHEAD," MR PATTEN SAID.

TO

SPEAKING

THE

TO REPORTERS AFTER HIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GOVERNOR NOTED THAT HIS MEETING WITH MR ZHOU NAN WOULD NOT NEGOTIATING SESSION.

DAY"

BE A

IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE NEW AIRPORT, HE SAID HE WAS AND THAT THE ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT THAT THE AIRPORT WOULD BE BUILT

MERITS IN PROBLEMS WHICH HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED BE SORTED OUT ON THEIR DUE COURSE VERY RAPIDLY.

"WE

ALL RECOGNISE THAT HONG KONG HAS A

TREMENDOUS

REPUTATION

FOR IMPLEMENTING LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS COST-EFFECTIVELY AND ON TIME.

"WHEN YOU

YOU ARE

ARE THROUGH WITH A GOING

BIG PROJECT, CONSTANTLY, AT LEAST IF YOU ARE DOING THINGS IN HONG KONG, LOOKING FOR WE WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN DO IT BETTER AND DO IT CHEAPER. THAT'S WHAT WILL CONTINUE TO DO.

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"IF ANYBODY HAS GOT ANY ADVICE AS WE GO ALONG, I AM WILL LISTEN TO IT,' HE ADDED.

SURE

WE

DO

ASKED WHEN HE WOULD VISIT BEIJING, MR PATTEN SAID HE WOULD

VERY MUCH A 80 AS SOON AS HE COULD, BUT THE DATE OF HIS VISIT WAS MATTER FOR HIS HOSTS.

TO

"I WANT TO VISIT BEIJING AS SOON AS IT IS POSSIBLE, AND I DEVELOP A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH BEIJING," HE SAID.

MY

OPPOSITE

NUMBER

WANT IN

NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

IN

FURTHER DEPARTMENT

IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS THAT SOME HONG KONG RESIDENTS WITH WIVES

WERE UNABLE CHINA

TO MEET IMMIGRATION

FOR OFFICIALS DISCUSSION TODAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE HAD ALREADY HELD FOUR LENGTHY MEETINGS WITH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES JULY 8, 10, 14 AND 28.

"

WE

ON

HAVE LISTENED VERY CAREFULLY TO THEIR VIEWS AND REQUESTS WHICH WERE ALSO MADE KNOWN TO VARIOUS AUTHORITIES INCLUDING OMELCO.

BE

NO

"HOWEVER, AS THE LEVEL AND RATE OF IMMIGRATION MUST IS THERE CONTROLLED IN THE INTERESTS OF OUR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE,

ARRANGEMENTS OF AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. THE PRESENT QUESTION FOR ENTRY FROM CHINA WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

/A LETTER