XN000022-1994-08-29 — Page 4

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MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1994

WILL BE MEETING YORK.

AND THIS

OF

THIRDLY, AS I SAID A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE DO HAVE A GOOD DEAL TO ELECTIONS BUT A NUMBER OF DO THIS AUTUMN, NOT ONLY THE DISTRICT BOARD IMPORTANT MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. THE FOREIGN SECRETARY VISITING HONG KONG ON SEPTEMBER 15 AND 16, PREPARATORY TO HIS WITH VICE PREMIER QIAN QICHEN AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW THAT'S BECOME A PRETTY REGULAR FEATURE IN THEIR CALENDARS YEAR, I THINK, EVERYBODY RECOGNISES THAT IT'S A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT MEETING, PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TWO MEETINGS

THE THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP THIS AUTUMN, BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF

THOSE MEETINGS A3 YEAR, AND WE DO WANT TO SEE AS MUCH PROGRESS IN

NEGOTIATORS POSSIBLE. I THINK THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAVE SEEN OUR KICKING THE BALL AROUND ON THE PITCH AND THEY WANT TO SEE A FEW GOALS.

SUMMER I WAS PLEASED THAT WE'D GOT THE DEFENCE LANDS AGREEMENT IN THE BUT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO DO AND THE ONLY PEOPLE, WHO SUFFER IF WE DON'T MAKE PROGRESS ARE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN A WAY IN THE FUTURE, THOSE WHO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS SO, WE DO WANT TO SEE AS MUCH PROGRESS THERE AS POSSIBLE.

FRANKLY,

AND,

OF CHINA.

THE ON

OLD AGE CONTINUE SUPPORT ACROSS THE LAST FIVE

PRETTY AND I WANTS SOME

WE'LL ALSO BE COMPLETING OUR CONSULTATION PENSION SCHEME AND I AM PLEASED THAT RECENT OPINION SURVEYS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THAT SCHEME HAS VERY SUBSTANTIAL THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THE AVERAGE SUPPORT SHOWN IN

IS ABOUT 70 PERCENT WHICH, BY ANYBODY'S RECKONING, IS GOOD GOING. SO, WE WANT TO COMPLETE THE CONSULTATION ON THAT HOPE REACH SOME DECISIONS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY US TO PLAY FAIR BY OUR ELDERLY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY SHARE IN OF THE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG. SO, A LOT TO DO. A BUSY AUTUMN AND I THAT AFTER A HOLIDAY, FEELING FULL OF BEANS AND I AM DELIGHTED CHAN, BY TAKING OVER THE REIGN SO CAPABLY FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, GIVEN ME THE CHANCE OF RECHARGING MY BATTERIES.

AM,

MRS

HAS

TO DISMANTLE QUESTION : GOVERNOR, THE CHINESE NPC HAS DECIDED THREE TIERS OF COUNCILS AFTER 1997. DO YOU THINK IT'S STILL MEANINGFUL COUNCIL TO CARRY ON THE ELECTION OF DISTRICT BOARD AND EVEN THE URBAN AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NEXT YEAR?

THE

THE

:

WHAT

BEEN. IT HAS ALWAYS MY REPLY TO GOVERNOR

THAT IS ARRANGEMENTS THAT WE HAVE PUT FORWARD ARE WITHIN THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW. THEY'RE FAIR, THEY'RE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF REASON HONG KONG. THEY ENJOYED VERY CONSIDERABLE SUPPORT. THERE'S NO

IF IN WHY THEY SHOULD, BY THOSE ARRANGEMENT, SHOULD BE DISMANTLED. 1997, THOSE ARRANGEMENTS ARE DISMANTLED, THOSE WHO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN THEMSELVES TO SIX MILLION PEOPLE HERE IN PLACE ARE HONG KONG. THAT'S NOT A MATTER FOR ME, WHAT WE'VE PUT IN ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ARE FAIR, AND I THINK, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NUMBER

FOR THE PEOPLE

FORWARD FOR ELECTIONS BOARDS HAS SHOWN THAT THEIR REGARD IN THE COMMUNITY IS FAIR.

QUESTION ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED WITH PREDICTIONS COMING OUT OF BEIJING FOR THE QIAN QICHEN-DOUGLAS HURD SUMMIT IN THE UN?

PUTTING THEMSELVES

OF

DISTRICT

GO

INTO RATHER

ΤΟ THAT

BETTER WELL,

IT'S I ALWAYS THINK GOVERNOR DISCUSSIONS AND MEETINGS TRYING TO DO ONE'S BEST FOR HONG KONG, THAN SUGGESTING THAT ONE MAY DRAG ONE'S FEET. 1 REPEAT WHAT EARLIER. WE INTEND TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT REMAINS SUCCESSFUL. AND I THINK THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG EVERYBODY WHO SITS DOWN AT THE TABLE TO BEHAVE IN EXACTLY WAY.

I SAID HONG KONG WILL EXPECT THE SAME

/QUESTION: THE

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