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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1994

MR HOWARD YOUNG: SIR, MY PREVIOUS QUESTION AND MY FOLLOW-UP, I WOULD ACTUALLY ASK NOT ONLY JUST YOU BUT IF THE CHANCE WERE TO FACE YOUR COUNTERPART IN THE SAME WAY I WOULD ASK IT EXACTLY IN THE BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE ONLY FACING YOU TODAY.

SAMB WAY

OR THE EXISTENCE WHERE THE

I WAS NOT THINKING OF JUST JLG AND

YOU'VE THE POSITIVE MATTERS MENTIONED BUT WHETHER ONE CAN BE MORE FLEXIBLE? FOR INSTANCE, I FEEL CERTAINLY GET THAT SOMEHOW RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY THE IMPRESSION THAT I AND I IMAGINE MANY HONG KONG PEOPLE GET, THAT THE CHINESE CHINESE

SEEN OFFICIALS

TO NOT EVEN BE AWARE OF YOUR SOMETIMES IN HONG KONG, YOU KNOW AS THE GOVERNOR, OR SOMETIMES THE

HONG KONG SIDE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OR ROLE OF SAY THE PWC. I THINK THIS TYPE OF DOGMATIC SORT OF FEELING, I

THINK DON'T

IS REALLY VERY HELPFUL. I WAS WONDERING WHETHER ONE COULD EXPLORE MORE CHANNELS OTHER THAN THE JLG IN A MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE MANNER TO BUILD BRIDGES ALL ROUND?

THE

AREN'T

THE

WERE

SURE

TO

AND

OF

MATTERS

GOVERNOR: I DON'T THINK DOGMATIC IS THE WORD I WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE THINK OUR POSITION. PRINCIPLED IS CERTAINLY A WORD I WOULD USE BUT I I WOULD FALL SHORT OF USING THE WORD DOGMATIC. I'M NOT SURE THAT HONOURABLE MEMBER IS ENTIRELY RIGHT THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS

IN THERE HAVE BEEN ONE OR TWO OCCASIONS AWARE OF MY EXISTENCE. LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN PERHAPS I WOULD HAVE WISHED THAT THAT THE POSITION BUT I THINK THEY ARE AWARE OF MY EXISTENCE AND I'M THEY'RE ALSO AWARE THAT IN THIS EXISTENCE, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD THE NEXT THREE YEARS OF IT, I HAVE MADE IT CLEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN THAT I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO TAKE FORWARD SOME OF THE THAT ARE ALAS OUTSTANDING, DIRECTLY FACE TO FACE WITH THE DIRECTOR THE

KONG MACAU HONG

AFFAIRS OFFICE

HIS OR WITH

OTHER COLLEAGUES. I THINK A LOT OF THESE ISSUES COULD ACTUALLY BE TACKLED

TALK MORE

ABOUT IF WE WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AT A TABLE AND RAPIDLY THEM AND I'M PREPARED TO GO ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME, FOR SUCH A MEETING. I GOT THE IMPRESSION WHEN DIRECTOR LU MADE HIS WELCOME RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE LIKED US TO TALK WHILE HERE.

UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE TOLD THAT HE HAD TOO BUSY A DIARY

BUT I HOPE THAT HE'S ABLE TO FIND THE TIME THAT VISIT VISIT OR I'LL VISIT HIM.

SENIOR

HE WAS

ON A

DURING FUTURE

WE

AND

AND

THAT

LIKE

MAKES

I RECOGNISE AS FOR THE PWC, WE RECOGNISE THE EXISTENCE OF THE PWC. MEMBERS OF THE PWC

AROUND I THINK, AS I LOOK

THIS CHAMBER. RECOGNISE THAT AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO TALK TO MEMBERS OF THE PWC ΤΟ OFFER THEM THE SAME SORT OF ACCESS TO THE GOVERNMENT'S WISDOM CHALLENGES THAT WE OFFER TO OTHERS TOO. BUT, I'VE SAID BEFORE, I'M NOT SURE IT'S VERY SENSIBLE WHEN THE EXISTING CHANNELS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE SOVEREIGN POWERS AREN'T WORKING AS WELL AS WE WOULD

THAT то START TRYING TO INVENT OTHER CHANNELS. I DON'T THINK VERY MUCH SENSE FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE. I DON'T THINK THAT MAKES MUCH SENSE FOR ANYONE BUT WE ARE PREPARED TO BE AS OPEN AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS THE NEXT STEP US BUILDING ON THE

BEEN THAT'S

REACHED ON DEFENCE LANDS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE HUMMING ELECTRICITY

GROUP ALONG THE WIRES IN THE JOINT LIAISON WELL ELSEWHERE AS

AND I THINK THAT BOTH

THE HONG OF US, GOVERNMENT AND CHINESE OFFICIALS WOULD FIND THAT AN EXHILARATING EXPERIENCE.

VERY AS POSSIBLE AGREEMENT

AND

KONG

/MR MARVIN