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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1993
ENDORSED BEEN
WE
I HOPE
BE
ORIGINALLY PUT
THE IN A BUT VIRTUALLY SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC AFTER MY ADDRESS
FINALLY, THE HONOURABLE MEMBER ASKS ME WHAT WILL DO IF WE DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH CHINA AT THE TALKS. THE HONOURABLE MEMBER WILL REGARD IT AS SENSIBLE AND DIPLOMATIC RATHER THAN THE BEHAVIOUR OF A POLITICIAN, IF I SAY THAT I THINK IT WOULD
AGREEMENT WRONG OF ME TO ANNOUNCE, WHEN WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET AN
DIDN'T TRANSPIRE. IN THESE TALKS, WHAT WE WOULD DO IF AN AGREEMENT
HAVE ΤΟ TAKE BUT IF WE DIDN'T GET AN AGREEMENT, 1 WOULD OF COURSE ACCOUNT OF THE REACTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY TO THAT, AND I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE PAST BEHAVIOUR AND PAST DEBATES IN THE LEGISLATIVE
WE WHICH COUNCIL. AND I NOTE THAT THE PROPOSALS
IN
BY PARTICULAR FORWARD HAVE
IN GENERAL AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, ADMITTEDLY IN A GENERAL FORM RATHER THAN
AND I NOTE THAT NOT ONE, SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE FORM. EVERY OPINJON POLL THERE HAS BEEN, HAS SUGGESTED SUPPORT., AND [ NOTE THAT THE FIRST OPINION POLL YESTERDAY, SUGOLSTED, I THINK, THAT SIXTY-EIGHT PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WERE, BROADLY SPEAKING, IN FAVOUR OF THE APPROACH THAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED, TO POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND NINETEEN PER CENT AGAINST. SIXTY-EIGHT TO NINETEEN, OR EVEN A RATHER SMALLER THAN ᎢᎻᎪᎢ . SEEMS TO ME LIKE QUITE A BIG STEER, BUT WE WILL TAKE
WHAT I WILL WANT TO ACCOUNT OF THOSE ISSUES. GOVERNMENT WILL WANT TO DO, WHAT THE UNITED KINGDOM WANT TO DO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE CAN'T GET WHICH WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO GET, IS TO PUT IN PLACE THE WHICH ARE MOST ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND THEREFORE
BUT THERE IS NO OTHER WAY WE CAN PROCEED. THIS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
CLEAR I CAN ASSURE THE HONOURABLE MEMBER THAT WE WILL GIVE A FIRM AND
I SAY LEAD WHEN THOSE MATTERS COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, IF THEY DO.
BUT BEFORE VERY LONG, AGAIN, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN GET AN AGREEMENT. HOPE IS GOING TO DRAIN INTO THE SAND.
WERE MAJORITY HAVE TO DO, WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL THAT AGREEMENT ARRANGEMENTS
ΤΟ
NOW COME, IN
MR PRESIDENT, IN THE POLICY MR HOWARD YOUNG (THROUGH INTERPRETER):
SAID ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SINO- ADDRESS YESTERDAY THE GOVERNOR
SEVERAL ASPECTS, IN HONG KONG RELATIONSHIPS AND HE TALKED ABOUT
THE
TRAFFIC ACTUALLY IS PARTICULAR TRANSPORT.
CROSS-BORDER
HOW TO THAT. IMPORTANT VERY BOOMING AND ROUTE THREE IS THE POLICY ADDRESS, I ONLY HEARD ABOUT THE TING KAU THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BUILD THE TING KAU BRIDGE, SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION'S COMMITMENT TO PROJECT OF
BECAUSE WITH TING KAU BRIDGE ROUTE THREE?
IS IT 1 T WILL BE ROUTE
USELESS? QUITE ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT MADE UP ITS MIND YET?
THREE,
THE GOVERNOR:
BRIDGE AND THAT WHILE IT DID NOT EXPEDITING THE AND WITHOUT THE BECAUSE
A LITTLE MORE NO, AND I THOUGHT I HAD SAID
CREDIT FOR, ABOUT TRANSPORT THAN THE HONOURABLE MEMBER IS GIVING ME
NUMBER OF THE BUT PERHAPS I CAN REMIND THE HONOURABLE MEMBER OF A
AS WELL AS A MAJOR SECTION OF THE THAT WE ARE MAKING. IMPROVEMENTS YUEN LONG HIGHWAY, AS WELL AS THE IMPROVEMENTS TO CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND TUEN MUN HIGHWAY, WE DID SAY THAT WE ARE BUILDING THE TING KAU BRIDGE. KNOW, THE AND WE ARE INVITING, AS I THINK THE HONOURABLE MEMBER MAY PRIVATE SECTOR TO BUILD THE COUNTRY PARK SECTION OF ROUTE THREE
WE WILL A THIRTY YEAR FRANCHISE
ARRANGEMENT.
UNDER OBVIOUSLY,
BE, ANY FRANCHISE IS CONSULTING THE CHINESE OFFICIALS ON THAT BEFORE FINALISED BUT I THINK THAT REPRESENTS A SENSIBLE WAY FORWARD.
/I WOULD
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