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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1994

FUTURE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION ON TAIWAN)

THAT WE BUT OF

WE HAVE NEVER, IN ANY OUR POLICY TOWARDS TAIWAN IS VERY CLEAR.

INDICATION ANY ACT, AND WE

NOT WISH TO GIVE WILL RECOGNISE THE LEGITIMACY OF THE TAIWANESE GOVERNMENT, COURSE IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT, IN TERMS OF DOING BUSINESS IN HONG

KONG, HONG

THEY THEY INVEST IN KONG, TAIWAN IS DOING BEST. INVEST IN CHINA.

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PRESS FREEDOM)

WE

ON OUR HAVE

OUR

HAVE

то MAINTAIN THERE IS

WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MAINTAINING PRESS FREEDOM BECAUSE BELIEVE THAT TO BE ONE OF OUR FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS THAT GUARANTEE THAT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AN OPEN, CREDIBLE GOVERNMENT

WOULD BE EXTREMELY IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LEGISLATURE, PRESS

THAT NOTHING WE IMPORTANT.

ENGAGED IN ENSURING ARE STATUTORY BOOKS IN ANY WAY INHIBIT PRESS FREEDOM AND WE ALREADY, FOR EXAMPLE, MADE AMENDMENT TO SOME LEGISLATIONS ON BOOKS. WHICH HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT WHICH NEVER BEEN EXERCISED. BUT AS I SAID, WE ARE KEEN PRESS FREEDOM AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING IN OUR STATUTORY BOOKS THAT WILL IN ANY WAY INHIBIT PRESS AS 1997 FREEDOM. WE ARE OF COURSE ALSO CONCERNED PARTICUALRY

MEDIA DRAWS NEARER THAT THE PRESS, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, OR THE THEMSELVES, SHOULD NOT IN ANY WAY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO EXERCISE SELF CENSORSHIP. WE WILL WISH TO SEE, CONTINUE TO SEE AN THRIVING PRESS, A RESPONSIBLE PRESS WHO WILL QUESTION THE ACTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE, WILL CONTINUE TO I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR HONG HAVE AN INQUIRING MIND.

то CONTINUE ALSO,

INSPIRE KONG AND WOULD OBVIOUSLY I THINK

THERE IS A BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997. BUT

WE HAVE SEEN SOME INDICATION AND, DANGER OF SELF CENSORHIP.

OBVIOUSLY I THINK ALSO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CAN DO ITS PART,

ᏢᎪᎡᎢ . BUT THE CHINESE MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA CAN ALSO DO ITS

THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT, IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT THEY WILL BE

CONFIDENCE TO SOVEREIGN POWER CAN ALSO DO A GREAT DEAL TO GIVE THE PRESS. Q: (INAUDIBLE)

YES, WELL, I THINK MOST OF THE MANY SYSTEMS IN

OPEN,

BUT

CHINA ARE NOT

COUNTRIES.

QUITE THE SAME AS THEY ARE IN HONG KONG OR IN WESTERN BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT ALL OF OUR FREEDOMS ARE GUARANTEED IN THE AM HOPEFUL THAT THE THE BASIC LAW, I JOINT DECLARATION AND

OCCASIONS, CHINESE WILL, ALONG THAT, THEY HAVE AFTER ALL ON MANY STRESSED THEIR FULL COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW. THANK YOU.

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