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WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1993

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SECONDLY, IN RELATION TO HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS, AND PEOPLE IN HONG KONG UNDERSTAND CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, THERE HAVE BEEN PARTICULAR

THERE ARE PARTICULAR EXAMPLES

THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, AUSTRALIA OF COUNTRIES WHICH ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE MATTERS PURSUING THEM BILATERALLY IN A DIALOGUE WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SET OUT THEIR POSITION VERY CLEARLY, BUT I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A USEFUL DIALOGUE ON THOSE MATTERS. I HAVE MET, FOR EXAMPLE, MEMBERS OF BOTH THE UK AND AUSTRALIAN DELEGATIONS TO CHINA, WHICH DISCUSSED THEM.

ON SPECIFIC TRADE ISSUES, AGAIN THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH THOSE CAN BE PURSUED ON THEIR MERITS. WE'VE SEEN THAT ALREADY WITH THE U.S. NEGOTIATORS IN RELATION TO 301, IN RELATION TO MARKET ACCESS, IN RELATION TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. SO I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOUR OF HORSES FOR COURSES RATHER THAN RUNNING THE MFN ANIMAL OVER THE FENCES. END OF THAT METAPHOR.

AS BALANCING

QUESTION: GOVERNOR, WHAT KIND OF ADVERSITIES DO YOU FACE AS FAR TRYING TO GET INITIAL MEN AND AT THE SAME TIME ENSURING THAT HONG KONG'S DEMOCRATIC REFORMS STAY, AND BALANCED BETWEEN TWO SOVEREIGN POWERS, AND THE MATERIAL KIND OF IMPACT YOU THINK YOUR VISIT WILL HAVE ON AN EXPECTED JLG TALK IN BEIJING THIS MONTH?

GOVERNOR: WELL YOU MUST TELL ME ABOUT THE JLG TALK.

FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THAT EVERYONE IN WASHINGTON + PARTICULARLY, OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT, HAS BEEN SCRUPULOUS IN MAKING THE POINT THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION IS A MATTER FOR BRITAIN AND CHINA, THE PRESENT SOVEREIGN POWER AND THE FUTURE SOVEREIGN POWER.

AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'VE EXPRESSED, UNDERSTANDABLY, THEIR CONCERN THAT THE JOINT DECLARATION SHOULD BE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED, AND THAT'S A CONCERN AND AN

A CONCERN AND AN INTEREST WHICH IS FELT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THAT'S NOT TRAMPLING OVER BRITAIN'S PRESENT SOVEREIGNTY OR CHINA'S FUTURE SOVEREIGNTY. IT'S AN EXPRESSION, AS I SUGGESTED EARLIER, OF HONG KONG'S INTEREST TO THE WHOLE WORLD.

I DON'T THINK THAT MAKING THE PITCH THAT WE HAVE ON MFN AND TRADE, AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH CHINA, HAVE GOT INTERMINGLED OR CONFUSED. BUT I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ON POLITICS SINCE THAT TOUCHES ON THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

ONE MORE THING ON MFN. I REPEAT THAT AT A MOMENT WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION IS CLEARLY IN THE THROES OF REVIEWING ITS POLICY, AT A TIME WHEN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ARE TALKING TO THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THAT REVIEW OF POLICY, I THINK IT'S RIGHT AND APPROPRIATE FOR US TO BE HERE PUTTING OUR OWN ARGUMENT. I DON'T THINK THAT MANY PEOPLE EXPECTED THERE TO BE NO CHANGE AFTER THE ELECTION OF A NEW PRESIDENT, AND A NEW PRESIDENT WHO HAD SAID QUITE A LOT ABOUT THE ISSUE WHILE HE WAS CAMPAIGNING.

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