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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1994

QUESTION

WHAT ABOUT THE MALAYSIAN ARM SALE SCANDAL ? :

DO YOU THINK

GOVERNOR

WHAT MALAYSIAN ARM SALE SCANDAL ?

QUESTION

THE BRITISH..

.

ME HAS VERY MUCH HAVE ME

GOVERNOR

THE MINISTER WHO TOOK OVER RESPONSIBILITY FROM GIVEN EVIDENCE TO THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE. I AGREE

I'M SURE IF THEY WANTED TO WITH EVERYTHING SHE SAID. GIVE EVIDENCE, THEY'D ASK ME.

HUMAN RIGHTS DO YOU SUPPORT IT ?

QUESTION : THE FAC REPORT GIVES SUPPORT TO SET UP A

? COMMISSION. WHAT IS YOUR COMMENT ON THAT

IT'S A PROPOSAL AS GOVERNOR : WE'LL WANT TO CONSIDER THAT PROPOSAL.

A DRAFT YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BEEN MADE BY A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS AS

SO WE'LL WANT BILL WHICH ANNA WU IS AT PRESENT RECEIVING COMMENTS ON.

ARE OTHER TO CONSIDER THAT PROPOSAL VERY CAREFULLY. I THINK THERE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ALSO MAKING THAT PROPOSAL. CLEARLY, THE INTRODUCTION

OF RIGHTS IN HONG KONG WAS AN IMPORTANT

IS THINK THAT WHAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED NEEDS GREATER INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CONSIDER.

DEVELOPMENT.

OF BILL

Ι

THAT NEED то

QUESTION

WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE BEST WAY : HONG KONG'S WAY OF LIFE ?

TO

PRESERVE

GOVERNOR : STANDING UP DECLARATION

BY

JOINT THE AT VALUES AND

THE BEST WAY OF PRESERVING HONG KONG'S WAY OF LIFE IS

IT WHENEVER

IS

FOR THE TO DO SO NECESSARY

LODGED WHICH WAS A HISTORIC DOCUMENT, A TREATY UNITED NATIONS WHICH GUARANTEES HONG KONG'S FREEDOMS AND WAY OF LIFE 50 YEARS AFTER 1994. THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG MAKING A VERY LONG SPEECH ON THAT SUBJECT AT THE HONG KONG TOMORROW.

WILL BE

UNIVERSITY

QUESTION

COULD

THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ADVERSELY AFFECT

? RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG IN THE LONG TERM

PROPOSAL AMONG

TO

THAT

GOVERNOR

AS I'VE SAID JUST NOW, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT #

BEING

SELECT WHICH

COMMITTEE PUT BY THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS IS OTHERS. BUT

CAN'T IMAGINE HOW ANYBODY COULD TAKE EXCEPTION I ATTEMPT TO GIVE THE BILL OF RIGHTS EVEN MORE EFFECTIVENESS, WAS REGARDED AS THE LIKELY OUTCOME OF SETTING UP A COMMISSION.

ISSUE

QUESTION: IS THE GOVERNMENT STANDING AT A WAY BACKWARD ON THE OF NEW TERRITORIES LAND (EXEMPTION) BILL OR IS THE GOVERNMENT CHANGING ITS POSITION?

/GOVERNOR: