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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1994

THE

GOVERNOR:

THAT

SECONDLY, WHAT PLAN DO YOU HAVE TO ENSURE IN FUTURE WHEN SIMILAR CASES OCCUR YOU WILL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO

MAYBE

MR YOU YOURSELF, HELP

MAYBE THROUGH THE JLG OR THEM, SAY, GOVERNOR, TAKING PART IN THE NEGOTIATIONS TO PROTECT THE WELL BEING OF HONG KONG CITIZENS IN CHINA WHEN THEY ARE DOING LEGITIMATE BUSINESS?

IS IT

AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND 1 WANT TO ARE. IF THE ESTABLISH EXACTLY WHAT THE PARAMETERS OF DISCUSSION

NAMES AND HONOURABLE MEMBER OR ANY OTHER HONOURABLE MEMBER HAS THE

WAY THAT HE DETAILS OF

WHO HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN THE BUSINESSMEN

WE SUGGESTS, THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND

THOSE

NORMAL WAY

UNITED WOULD

CASES IN THE

THROUGH THE

WE WOULD THAT IS THE WAY IN WHICH AMBASSADOR KINGDOM'S

IN PEKING.

LEVEL. AND OF PROPERLY PROCEED, TAKING THINGS UP AT THE HIGHEST COURSE, WITH AN IMMINENT VISIT BY A BRITISH MINISTER TO PEKING AND TO A MATTER LIKE CHINA IN

GENERAL, IT IS QUITE A GOOD TIME TO PURSUE

THAT.

PURSUE

1MPORTANCE

PARTICULAR HONG KONG CHINA.

LITTLE

I THINK THAT THE QUESTION HAS BECAUSE WE KNOW OF THE VALUE OF HONG KONG AND INVESTMENT TO THE ECONOMIC REVOLUTION WHICH IS TAKING PLACE IN I THINK I AM RIGHT IN SAYING THAT ABOUT TWO THIRDS, PERHAPS A MORE, OF THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT WHICH IS GOING INTO GUANGDONG IS GOING FROM

LOT OF HONG KONG HONG

THAT NECESSARILY MEANS THAT A KONG. BUSINESSMEN AND ENTREPRENEURS ARE TRAVELLING TO AND FROM THEY WILL WANT THE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY CAN DO SO PEACEFULLY AND EVERY ASSURANCE THAT THEY WILL BE PROPERLY LOOKED AFTER.

DR HUANG CHEN-YA (THROUGH INTERPRETER):

BE

CHINA AND WITH

MR GOVERNOR, I BELIEVE

TO GET

BEIJING HAS

THESE

PEOPLE CHINESE

HAS DONE

THAT IF YOU ASK THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY YOU WOULD BE ABLE THE NAMES OF THE 12 PERSONS IN QUESTION. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION WHEN YOU GET THAT FROM

FOR THE

SECURITY, I HOPE THAT SECRETARY

THIS ABLE TO SUBMIT TO

COUNCIL A VERY INFORMATION YOU WOULD THOROUGH REPORT CONCERNING WHAT THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN DONE

HOW MANY VISITS HAS IT PAID TO FOR THESE PEOPLE: AND HOW MANY NEGOTIATIONS HAS THE EMBASSY CONDUCTED WITH THE SIDE OVER THESE PEOPLE AND WHAT IS THE RESULT OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, SO

KNOW

THE WE THAT

FOR

GOVERNMENT BRITISH SURE WHETHER SOMETHING OR IS THAT IT HAS THROWN ALL THOSE FILES IN THE LITTER-BIN.

KNOW, THE GOVERNOR:

NO, AS THE HONOURABLE MEMBER WILL CIVIL SERVICE NEVER PUTS FILES IN THE LITTER-BIN, THEY ARE STORED CENTURIES. BUT TO BE SERIOUS BECAUSE THIS IS A SERIOUS AND

IMPORTANT

THE

FOR

HAS IN

ISSUE, I WILL ENSURE THAT THIS COUNCIL IS GIVEN A REPORT ON WHAT BEEN DONE IN THE CASES OF MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY WHOSE PROBLEMS CHINA HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN KNOW PRESENT THAT ITS GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOVEREIGN POWER ARE TAKING THESE ISSUES WITH THE IMPORTANCE THAT

THE DESERVE.

AS I'VE SAID, THERE ISN'T JUST INDIVIDUALS HUMAN RIGHTS AT STAKE, THERE IS THE MORE GENERAL QUESTION FREELY AS OF THE ABILITY OF ENTREPRENEURS IN HONG KONG TO TRAVEL AS THEIR MONEY TRAVELS.

BECAUSE,

+

QUESTION

THEY OF

/MR CHIM