XN000022-1994-07-27 — Page 5

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1994

JOINT

IT IS A

ALL THAT IS TO GIVE FORM TO THE WORDS OF THE DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW, AND THAT IS ALL WE SEEK TO DO. NOT A HIDDEN AGENDA. TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE JOINT DECLARATION IS

LARGELY VERY PUBLIC AND OPEN AGENDA. WE HAVE SEEN WITH A LEGISLATURE ELECTED SINCE 1991 THE GOVERNMENT SUCCESSFULLY GETTING ITS LEGISLATION THROUGH. WE HAVE SEEN SINCE 1991 THE GOVERNMENT GETTING FUNDING FOR ANYBODY ITS PRINCIPAL PROGRAMMES, LIKE THE AIRPORT, SO I DO NOT HEAR SAYING WE

EFFECTIVE DO NOT HAVE

EXECUTIVE-LED GOVERNMENT USUALLY THEY SEEM TO BE CRITICISING THE EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TAKE AND THE GOVERNMENT TAKES. LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF PENSIONS; THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE GOVERNMENT GIVING A STRONG AND DECISIVE LEAD.

THE

TODAY. THAT I

IF

HAVE HEARD

THAT

YOU THERE TIME

CANNOT PICK AND CHOOSE. PEOPLE

I AM NOT SURE THAT HAD VOTED OTHERWISE ON JUNE 29 WE WOULD LEGISLATURE

FROM SOME OF THOSE WHO MAKE THE REMARKS GREAT CRITICISMS MENTIONED OF THE WAY THAT LEGISLATURE HAS CARRIED OUT ITS ROLE. HAVE BEEN ONE OR TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE CRITICISED US FROM TIME TO WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN METAPHORICALLY THROWING THEIR HATS INTO THE IF HATS THEY POSSESSED.

AND

WE SO

AIR,

HONG

HAVE

A

A

THE FOR WHICH MORE

IN SHOULD STICK TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS

WE THAT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN HONG KONG IS KONG, GOVERNMENT WHICH IS IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT DECLARATION, AND WE HAVE

DECISIVE LEAD TO THE

IN COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT WHICH GIVES A DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY THAT IS DELIGHTED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE ALL ITS WORKS, ALL ITS ACTIONS, ALL ITS DEEDS, TO A LEGISLATURE REFLECTS THE VIEW OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND WILL DO SO EVEN ACCURATELY AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN 1995, WHEN IT IS WHOLLY ELECTED BY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ARE FAIR AND OPEN, AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.

QUESTION:

GOVERNOR:

DO YOU THINK CHINA SEES IT LIKE THAT?

YOU SHOULD ASK CHINESE OFFICIALS HOW THEY SEE IT, AND IF TO KNOW HOW THEY THEY DO

SEE IT LIKE THAT IT WOULD BE NICE NOT INTERPRET THE WORDS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

QUESTION:

ΤΟ THE

IN

YOU THINK THAT NATIONALITY WILL COME MORE DO FORE IN THE FUTURE IN HONG KONG, AND WAS THERE MUCH MENTION OF IT YOUR MEETINGS?

GOVERNOR:

CUNINGHAM

IN

YES,

IT WAS MENTIONED IN MY MEETINGS WITH DR

WHOM ASHDOWN AND MR

AND DAVID HOWELL, ALL OF

WERE INTERESTED NATIONALITY ISSUES, PARTICULARLY OF COURSE IN RELATION TO THE POSITION

ETHNIC MINORITIES, OF THE

THERE ON WHICH

IS A GOOD DEAL OF EXPRESSED UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT FOR THE CONCERNS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN HONG KONG.

GENERALLY MORE

WHICH THERE IS A RANGE OF ISSUES

DIFFICULT BEING CONSIDERED BY THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP WHICH ARE

I WILL NOT GO THROUGH THEM ALL BUT THEY REQUIRE EARLY AGREEMENT. TOUCH IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ON VISAS, ON NATIONALITY, ON TRAVEL, ENTRY REQUIREMENTS, ON RIGHT OF ABODE, AND WE DO NEED TO GET TACKLE THEM AND SETTLE THEM, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

ARE

AND

ALL

ON

ON AND

QUESTION:

WOULD YOU CONSIDER A MEETING BETWEEN YOU AND LU PING

AIRPORT, GOOD WAY OF PUSHING AHEAD THE WORK OF THE JLG AND THE GENERAL RELATIONSHIPS? DO YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING?

A

AND

/GOVERNOR