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MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1993

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FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT IMPORTANT IN FUTURE: ACTING GOVERNOR

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IT IS PART OF THE CONFIDENCE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE TO CHOOSE FUTURE THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE HONG KONG AND TO COME BACK, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING AN INTERNATIONAL ON ASIAN AND NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES, SIR DAVID SAID THE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE FUTURE.

"IT'S SOMETHING WHICH IS ENSHRINED IN THE BASIC LAW, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE LOOK FORWARD TO.

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"AND IT'S ALSO INTEGRAL TO HONG KONG'S SUCCESS AS A COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CENTRE?" HE ADDED.

STR DAVID SAID ANY SUGGESTION THAT THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN IN FUTURE WOULD OBVJOUSLY BE A GREAT WORRY TO PROPLE IN HONG KONG,

"I HOPE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA HAS TAKEN NOTE OF THE EXPRESSIONS OF WORRY WHICH HAVE STARTED TO APPEAR IN THE MEDIA AS A RESULT OF THEIR DEALING WITH MR HAN (DONGFANG)'S CASE, HE SAID.

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"WE HAVE MAKE KNOWN OUR CONCERN TO THE CHINESE TWO OCCASIONS ANT) WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES.

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CONCEPT WILL FLOURISH: ACTING GOVERNOR

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CHINA, BRITAIN AND HONG KONG CITIZENS WILL STRIVE TO FLOURISH THE IMAGINATIVE CONCEPT OF ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

SIR DAVID SAID THERE WOULD BE UPS AND DOWNS IN HONG KONG'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA BETWEEN NOW AND 1997, BUT HE WAS QUICK TO ADD THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO REASONS TO DOUBT THAT THESE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF HONG KONG'S POSITION WOULD SURV JAR.

SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING ON "HONG KONG: THE ENDURING CITY" AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 34TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ASIAN AND NORTH APRICAN STUDIES.

"HONG KONG HAS MOVED FORWARD AND FLOURISHED BY COMING TO WITH THE CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED ON OUR POLITICAL AND DEVELOPMENT.

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