XN000022-1992-10-16 — Page 11

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1992

QUESTION:

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THANK YOU, MR GOVERNOR, FOR GIVING US THIS PUBLIC FORUM TO CONSULT PUBLIC OPINION, THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IT REALLY CAN BE COMPARED TO THE COMET HALLEY WHICH APPEARS ONLY ONCE IN 150 YEARS TIME. I WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE WATER-SUPPLY FOR ONE YEAR AND YOU HAVE ΤΟ GO TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO SORT OUT THE PROBLEM, AND FINALLY, YOU FIND THAT YOU HAVE TO RESORT TO CIVIL PROCEEDINGS IN ORDER TO GET WHAT YOU WANT, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?

SO I SHOULD

SECONDLY, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEEDS OF A MINORITY GROUP OF HONG KONG, THESE ARE THE FARMERS. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION; IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO HAVE CLEAR AND UP то DATE INFORMATION WHICH THEY NEED, TO BE IN TOUCH WITH SOCIETY. WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THIS: CAN THE INFORMATION PROGRAMME APPEAR WITH SUB-TITLES AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK INSTEAD OF ONCE A SO I'M SURE THAT IN THIS WAY, THEY CAN HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND THEY CAN BE MORE USEFUL TO SOCIETY.

I WANT ΤΟ SAY SOMETHING MORE.

GOVERNOR:

MONTH,

ABOUT

WELL, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET ANOTHER QUESTION IN IF YOU DO, BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY OVERRUNNING. CAN I ANSWER THESE TWO, ALL RIGHT?

PARTICULAR

FIRST OF ALL, YOU OBVIOUSLY GOT AN INDIVIDUAL, A CASE IN MIND ABOUT THE WATER, AND IT MAY BE ONE AFFECTING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ONE OF THE STEWARDS AFTERWARDS AND FIND OUT WHERE TO WRITE TO ME ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL CASE, I'LL HAVE A LOOK AT IT WHEN YOU WRITE TO ME.

YOU.

SECONDLY, YOU'RE OF COURSE RIGHT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FARMING COMMUNITY TO HONG KONG

SORRY? HE SAID "DEAP"?

INTERPRETER:

GOVERNOR:

CANTONESE.

THEY SOUND THE SAME, "LUNG FU" AND "LUNG YAN".

AH! YOU SEE HOW MUCH EASIER LIFE WOULD BE IF I SPOKE BUT I JUST WANT TO PAY ONE TRIBUTE TO THOSE THREE BRILLIANT YOUNG WOMEN, THAT IS THE FIRST, EVEN TINY MISTAKE THAT THEY'VE MADE IN FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, UPTEEN RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES, SO THEY ARE BRILLIANT, AND ACTUALLY, THEY DESERVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

GOVERNOR:

NOW, I WILL LET YOU INTO A SMALL SECRET, I WAS ABOUT TO TRY TO THINK OF AN ANSWER AS TO WHY THE FARMING COMMUNITY NEEDED MORE INFORMATION, AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE A VERY CONVINCING ANSWER. I WILL PASS ON TO THE RTHK AND TO THE TELEVISION COMPANIES, THE POINT YOU'VE MADE ABOUT SERVICES FOR THE DEAF. IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POINT. TELEVISION, IN PARTICULAR, IS EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEPING DEAF PEOPLE IN TOUCH WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE MUST SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME WAY OF MEETING YOUR UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERN. IT'S A MUCH EASIER ANSWER TO GIVE THAN THE ONE I WAS ABOUT TO GIVE ABOUT FARMERS.

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