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FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1994

AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENT INCREASE

QUESTION: BUT NOW THE STICKING POINT IS THE EQUITY INJECTION. CHINESE SIDE WANTS HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO THE AMOUNT. SO, WILL YOU CONSIDER THAT?

CHINESE

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DARTS

GOVERNOR: I AM VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU SAY. IF THE HAVE A SPECIFIC HURDLE WHICH THEY WANT THE HONG KONG TAXPAYER AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO CLEAR. LET THEM SAY PRECISELY WHAT IT DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG TAKE KINDLY TO THE FACT THAT FETCH UP AS I SAID BEFORE IN WHAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF PLAYING AND DARTS IN THE DARK. WE KEEP ON TRYING TO MEET WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE BUT, ALAS, WE THE DEMANDS AND THE CRITICISMS OF CHINESE OFFICIALS

LIKE ΤΟ NEVER SEEM TO HIT THE BULL'S EYE. IF THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD

EVERYBODY TELL US PRECISELY ON THIS OCCASION WHAT THE BULL'S EYE IS, IN HONG KONG WILL KNOW. WE WILL KNOW AND WE WILL TRY TO HIT IT AND

TERRIBLY HOPE WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE CHINESE OFFICIALS DON'T SAY "OH, SORRY. IT'S A DIFFERENT BULL'S EYE WE HAVE IN MIND".

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QUESTION: MR PATTEN, YESTERDAY THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE CHINESE AFFAIRS SAID THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS LAGGING BEHIND THE TREND TO MAKING GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND TO BECAUSE OF STARTING A GOOD ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP. DO YOU THINK IT'S THE POLITICAL ROW FOR THE TIME BEING THAT'S CAUSING IT?

WAY WE CAN HAVE A GOOD

WITH RELATIONSHIP

THE GOVERNOR:

BEST THE PEOPLE OF CHINA IN THE LONG TERM IS BY STANDING UP FOR THE INTEREST OF A HONG KONG. I THINK WE WOULD BE CONDEMNED BY GENERATIONS, TO BORROW PHRASE. IF WE WERE TO UNDERMINE THE INTEGRITY OF THE CONCEPT OF "ONE GOING COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEM", WE ARE GOING TO STAND UP FOR THAT. WE ARE

MUCH HOPE THAT TO STAND UP FOR IT UNTIL JUNE 30, 1997 AND I VERY CHINESE OFFICIALS ARE PREPARED TO STAND UP FOR IT AFTERWARDS.

HAVE A

QUESTION: YOU KNOW THAT THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDE SEEM TO DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION ON THE MOU AGAIN. SO, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS GONE WRONG BECAUSE THE CHINESE SIDE SAID THAT ABOUT THE $5 BILLION, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE.

ALLEGEDLY GOVERNOR : WHAT IS VERY INTERESTING IS THE POINT THAT WAS MADE BY CHINESE OFFICIALS YESTERDAY HASN'T BEEN MADE FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. AS YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY A HONG KONG CITIZEN CAME OUT MACAO AFFAIRS AND TOLD THE WORLD THAT THE HEAD OF THE HONG KONG AND OFFICE CLAIMED THERE HAD BEEN A SECRET DEAL AS WELL AS THE OF UNDERSTANDING

AIRPORT.

1

1

MEMORANDUM

THAT IS THE

THEMSELVES.

THAT IF I THINK ON THE ALLEGATION, CHINESE OFFICIALS SHOULD COME OUT AND SAY IT

THAT MY PREDECESSOR. LORD WHEN THEY DO SO, THEY MIGHT RECOLLECT

WAS PUBLISHED SAID UNDERSTANDING WHEN WILSON.

THE MEMORANDUM OF

FOR EXAMELE, TO QUESTIONS EXPLICITLY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IN REEL.

BREN READING THAT OF HIS VERY FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE WHICH I HAVE THERE HAD BEEN NO SECRET DEAL, NO SECRET DEAL WHATSOEVER, NOT A SECRET DEAL, NOT HALF A SECRET DEAL, NOT A QUARTER OF A SECRET

BRITAIN AND THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOT AN EIGHTH OF A SECRET DEAL.

IN THE MEMORANDUM OF CHINA 13

THAT WAS PUBLISHED THE AGREEMENT UNDERSTANDING AND THAT SAYS WHAT IT SAYS. SO, IF CHINESE OFFICIALS ARE EXPLAINING что ALLEGING TO THE CONTRARY, THEN I THINK THEY HAVE SOME

Do.

WHOLE

DEAL,

BUT I REPEAT, THE WAY WE WANT TO RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS IS IN THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE AND WHY WE WANT TO RESOLVE THEM IS BECAUSE WE, WE IN POSSIBLE. AN HONG KONG, WANT TO COMPLETE OUR AIRPORT AS QUICKLY AS

FOR A AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG HAVE BEEN ASKING A QUESTION

DO CHINESE OFFICIALS REALLY COUPLE OF YEARS WHICH GOES LIKE THIS:

THE WANT TO FINISH THE AIRPORT ? ARE CHINESE OFFICIALS TRYING TO USE

THAT'S THE QUESTION AIRPORT TO ACQUIRE LEVERAGE ON OTHER MATTERS. "HAT CAN EASILY BE SOLVED AND IT CAN BE SOLVED AROUND THE TABLE AT THE

ONE MORE. AIRPORT COMMITTEE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

/QUESTION