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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9,

1992

THAT

THE

THE MOMENT THAT INTERNATIONAL BANKERS OR MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES BECAME WORRIED THAT THE RULE OF LAW MAY BE MOMENT

ERODED HAPPENED, THEY'D START TO LOOK ELSEWHERE MONEY,

TO PUT THEIR AND THAT IS SOMETHING ALL OF US WHATEVER THE DIFFERENCES OUR POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW THAT IS SOMETHING WHICH ALL OF US то STAND ABSOLUTELY ROCK FIRM BEHIND, IN MY VIEW. THAT IS THE GUARANTEE OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC FUTURE, FOR MULTI-NATIONALS, BANKS, FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, FOR EVERYONE WHO'S EMPLOYED IN THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.

QUESTION:

OF

HAVE REAL FOR

CHINA THIS INDICATING EXECUTIVE

SIR, THERE WERE STRONG CRITICISMS FROM MORNING IN REACTION TO YOUR WEDNESDAY SPEECH. THEY ARE THAT THE CHANGES YOU INTEND TO MAKE IN THE LEGISLATIVE AND COUNCILS DO NOT CONFORM TO THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW AND IF THESE CHANGES ARE INDEED CARRIED OUT, THAT THEY WOULD DEMOLISH THEM AND START OVER AGAIN. SINCE YOU'VE MADE THOSE PROPOSALS BELIEVE

YOU MUST THAT THEY DO CONFORM TO THE BASIC LAW AND THE JOINT DECLARATION, SO WHEN YOU VISIT BEIJING HOW DO YOU INTEND TO THEM THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONFORM TO THE BASIC LAW AND THE JOINT DECLARATION?

GOVERNOR:

CONVINCE THEY DO

THE

WELL, THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THIS, THAT FOUND MYSELF ON WEDNESDAY, BEING VARIOUSLY ATTACKED.

I THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SAID THAT I'D BEEN EXCEEDINGLY CAUTIOUS, ON

ON THE ONE HAND OTHER HAND THERE WERE THOSE WHO SAID THAT I'D BEEN RECKLESS. JUST

IT BE

MAY THAT I GOT THINGS JUST ABOUT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, WILL HAVE TO SEE.

BUT WE IT MAY JUST BE, AS WELL, THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHEN THEY CRITICISE ME OR CONSIDER WHAT I DO, THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO CHANGE THE GOAL POSTS FROM TIME TO TIME. THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

SAID,

WHO

MY

MY

I HAVE OBSERVED OR HEARD SOME OF THE YOU'VE

REMARKS THAT THOUGH I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH WHAT SPOKESMAN SAID IN PEKING YESTERDAY, THAT THESE ARE ISSUES THAT WE MUST A FOREIGN OFFICE TRY TO DEAL WITH THROUGH CONSULTATION, AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD DISCUSSIONS WITH MR LU PING AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO DISCUSS PROPOSALS WITH ME. BUT IF PEOPLE SAY THAT WHAT I'VE SET OUT ISN'T IN CONFORMITY WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW, IF THEY THAT, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THEM TO EXPLAIN WHY, TO INDICATE WHY SAY

WHAT I'VE SAID ISN'T IN CONFORMITY WITH PROVISIONS.

THE BASIC LAW. WHICH I'VE NOTICED ALL SORTS OF SUGGESTIONS BUT SEEN THE CASE ARGUED VERY CLEARLY.

HAVEN'T YET

/I HAVE

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