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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994

QUESTION: FACTORS

DO YOU THINK THERE SEEMS TO BE A DEADLOCK FOR .REJECT THE RE-TENDER OF CTS

CT9.? WHAT

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GOVERNOR: WE'VE MADE OUR POSITION CLEAR, THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THEY'VE SAID,

THE

WHAT

ON THE AIRPORT

QUESTION: Do YOU THINK THE CONCESSIONS YOU'VE MADE TALK IS A MAJOR ONE SO THAT AN AGREEMENT CAN BE ACHIEVED ?

AND CONSTRUCTIVE OF MAJOR GOVERNOR:

THINK I

WE'VE MADE A SERIES

WE'VE BEEN EFFORTS TO GET AN AGREEMENT ON THE AIRPORT, AND I THINK DOING THAT FOR SOME YEARS. SO I HOPE THAT WE MAY AT LAST HIT THE JACK- POT.

QUESTION: WHAT LESSONS CAN BE LEARNED FROM CT9 ON THE COMING CT10 11 ?

OR

GO ON AND WILL

GOVERNOR: WHAT YOU CAN LEARN 1S THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL ATTEMPTING TO DO WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HONG KONG NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, WHATEVER THE PRESSURES AND WHATEVER CRITICISMS, ALLOW THE AWARD OF FRANCHISES AND GRANTS AND SO ON, DETERMINED BY POLITICAL RATHER THAN ECONOMIC FACTORS. THANK YOU

MUCH INDEED.

THE то BE VERY

CHIEF SECRETARY'S FIRST DAY IN CANADA

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, HAS ARRIVED IN TORONTO FOR A WEEK-LONG OFFICIAL VISIT IN CANADA. THIS 19 MRS CHAN'S FIRST VISIT TO CANADA SINCE SHE BECAME CHIEF SECRETARY IN NOVEMBER 1993.

ON HER FIRST DAY IN TORONTO

OF (TUESDAY), CHAIRMAN METROPOLITAN TORONTO COUNCIL, MR ALAN TONKS, HOSTED A WELCOME LUNCH IN

METRO HALL, WHICH WAS WELL HER HONOUR AT THE

ATTENDED BY LOCAL COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS LEADERS.

SHE SAID HER MRS CHAN SAID SHE WAS PLEASED TO BE IN TORONTO.

VERY STRONG TIES BETWEEN HONG MISSION IS TO CEMENT THE

KONG AND COMMUNITY

IN PARTICULAR THE CANADA, AND TO INFORM THE CANADIAN

REMAINS THAT HONG KONG IS LIVE AND WELL AND

AN BUSINESS COMMUNITY EXCELLENT PLACE TO DO BUSINESS, TO LIVE AND WORK IN.

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GOVERNOR OF BOARD OF LATEST TWO NEWSPAPERS

IN THE MORNING, MRS CHAN CALLED ON THE LIEUTENANT

EDITORIAL SHE ALSO BRIEFED THE ONTARIO, MR HENRY JACKMAN. THE GLOBE AND MAIL AND THE EDITOR OF THE FINANCIAL POST ON THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG. THE ARE CANADA'S MAJOR NATIONAL DAILIES.

MRS CHAN FLEW TO OTTAWA LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. SHE ON THE PRIME MINISTER, MR JEAN CHRETIEN, ON WEDNESDAY.

WILL CALL

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