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MONDAY, MAY 9, 1994

QUESTION:

THERE IS A GUY, A HONG KONG MAN WHO IS STUCK IN A THAI PRISON, HE HAS AIDS. APPARENTLY HONG KONG AND THAILAND HAVE A FEDERAL EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS, BUT THIS GUY HAD A TERRIBLE WAIT AND TRYING GET OUT. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS BUREAUCRACY IN.......?

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IN

GOVERNOR: WHAT I THINK ABOUT IT IS, SINCE YOU MENTION THE MATTER TO ME,

I WILL GO BACK AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT. IT HASN'T BEEN RAISED WITH ME BEFORE AND IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE UNHELPFUL BOTH TO THE MAN QUESTION AND TO THE AUTHORITY WHO'S PRESUMABLY BEEN DEALING WITH CASE. IF I WERE TO SOUND OFF ABOUT IT WITHOUT KNOWING SOME OF BACKGROUND, I AM SURE WHEN I GET BACK TO THE OFFICE, SOMEBODY WILL ABLE ΤΟ TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND AND EXACTLY WHAT THE AUTHORITY IS DOING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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MORE VISITS WILL REASSURE PEOPLE

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, HOPED THAT THE MORE DIRECTOR LU PING WAS ABLE TO VISIT HONG KONG, THE

PEOPLE

WOULD FEEL REASSURED ABOUT THE FUTURE.

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER ATTENDING A LUNCHEON HOSTED BY

MR PACIFIC

PATTEN ASIA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON, SAID: "I THINK THAT THE CHALLENGE TO ALL

IS THAT WE SHOULD DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO CO-OPERATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

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OF US

"I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG THINK THEY'VE GOT A RIGHT TO WANT TO SEE THAT.

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"I HOPE THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE CO-OPERATION IN THE FUTURE, IT WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE RATHER THAN LESS BECAUSE HONG KONG HAS ALWAYS

FOR BEEN NOTED FOR

AND ITS EBULLIENCE, FOR ITS VIGOUR CONFIDENCE."

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SELF-

THE

ASKED TO ELABORATE ON THE WAY TO DEMONSTRATE CO-OPERATION, GOVERNOR SAID: "I THINK THAT WE ARE DEMONSTRATING IT EXTREMELY POSITIVELY. WE WANT TO HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH DIRECTOR LU. WE WANT TO JOINT LIAISON SEE MORE WORK FLOWING UP AND DOWN THE CHANNELS OF THE GROUP, THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE, THE LAND COMMISSION AND SO ON."

THE MEETING OF AND SHOWED

MR PATTEN SAID THERE WERE SOME GOOD SIGNS AND

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT THE LAND COMMISSION RECENTLY WAS A COMMITMENT ON ALL SIDES TO THE WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG.

THE NEXT JOINT LIAISON "I THINK WE'D LIKE TO SEE, ALL OF US,

WOULD GROUP MEETING AS SUCCESSFUL AND I KNOW THAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY

WHEN WE DIDN'T THE DAY, WOULD PRAY FOR THE DAY LIKE TO SEE WRANGLES ABOUT AIRPORT FINANCING, HE ADDED,

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