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SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1994

"OR DO YOU STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF PERSUADING CHINA IF YOU

CHINESE CONTINUE WITH TRADING AND HELPING TO OPEN UP

WHILE SOCIETY,

THAT AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE AGENDA BUT PURSUING OBJECTIVE, VIGOROUSLY, FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION?

"IN THE LAST FEW YEARS TRADE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE REST OF THE

LEAST WORLD, AND NOT

WITH THE UNITED STATES, HAS BROUGHT ABOUT THE LIVES OF ECONOMIC CHANGE IN CHINA, AND WITH IT GREAT CHANGES TO ORDINARY PEOPLE IN CHINA, MR WIGGHAM SAID.

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"THE CHINESE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT IS BEING ALLOWED FREER REIGN THAN HAS PROBABLY EVER BEEN THE CASE. TAKE AWAY OPPORTUNITIES AND INCENTIVES AND WHAT HAVE YOU ACHIEVED?" MR WIGGHAM QUESTIONED.

TO

MR WIGGHAM SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE SELECTIVE OR TARGETTED NON-RENEWAL WAS A VIABLE OPTION. THAT ROUTE MIGHT LOOK ATTRACTIVE

WAY THOSE LOOKING FOR THE SO-CALLED MIDDLE

BUT WOULD STILL UNCERTAINTY AND RETALIATION AND WOULD NOT HELP HONG KONG.

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CREATE

"A TRADE WAR NEVER DOES ANYONE ANY GOOD AND I DO NOT SEE HOW, BY TAMPERING WITH MFN, YOU BENEFIT THE CAUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS."

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MR WIGGHAM SAID HONG KONG AND THE UNITED STATES SHARE THE SAME

THE OBJECTIVE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS: "WE SIMPLY DISAGREE OVER

HE MEANS,

SAID.

"HONG KONG IS PROUD OF ITS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD. OURSELVES AS HAVING A VERY FREE SOCIETY AND THESE ARE FREEDOMS THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN AFTER 1997.

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WE REGARD

THE VERY

HK DRINKING WATER FREE FROM HELICOBACTER PYLORI

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HELICOBACTER PYLORI HAS NOT BEEN FOUND IN DRINKING WATER IN KONG, A WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

HONG

"THE DRINKING WATER IN HONG KONG COMPLIES CHEMICALLY AND BACTERIOLOGICALLY WITH THE GUIDELINE VALUES FOR DRINKING WATER PUBLISHED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AND THIS COMPLIANCE IS CONFIRMED BY A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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THAT

THE SPOKESMAN WAS COMMENTING ON A RECENT NEWSPAPER REPORT DRINKING WATER IN HONG KONG CONTAINED THE BACTERIUM HELICOBACTER PYLORI, WHICH CAUSED DUODENAL ULCER.

AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE MEDICAL EXPERTS NAMED IN THE REPORT: PROFESSOR S K LAM OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, DR HUI WAI-MO FORMERLY OF THE SAME UNIVERSITY, AND DR JOSEPH J Y SUNG OF CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE SPOKESMAN MADE THE FOLLOWING CLARIFICATION BASED ON THE OPINION OF ALL THESE PARTIES IN ORDER TO REMOVE MISCONCEPTION AND ALLAY CONCERNS:

PUBLIC

IT IS