XN000022-1994-10-31 — Page 7

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1994

BRITAIN,

IN

SHE SAID CIVIL SERVANTS WERE USED TO AUTONOMY FROM THEY LOOKED FORWARD TO WORKING WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY SAR GOVERNMENT, WHICH WAS THE GUARANTEE OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW.

AND THE

NOTING THE BUSINESS LINKS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE BETWEEN CHINA SYMBIOTIC THIS HONG KONG, MRS CHAN SAID THERE WAS NO REASON WHY RELATIONSHIP SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO RUN ITS NATURAL COURSE AFTER 1997.

AND

"SO LONG AS ALL OF THE PLAYERS IN THE GAME WORK TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE CONDITIONS PAINSTAKINGLY LAID OUT IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW ARE APPLIED IN FULL.

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MRS CHAN SAID HAVING THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW DID NOT GUARANTEE SUCCESS.

"WITH THE TRANSITION REACHING ITS FINAL PHASE, THE COMMUNITY WILL WANT TO SEE THE EVIDENCE THAT THE PROMISES ARE BEING MINTED INTO BANKABLE POLITICAL CURRENCY.

"IF THEY FEEL THAT IS NOT HAPPENING, THEY WILL, AS I HAVE SAID, HAVE TO HOLD UP THEIR HAND.

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QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION BY DEPUTY TO GOVERNOR

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FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION BY THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, AFTER HER LUNCHEON ADDRESS AT FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS' CLUB TODAY (MONDAY):

QUESTION: CHAIRMAN, I AM SURE WE ALL ENDORSE THE DEPUTY ΤΟ THE GOVERNOR'S CALL FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK OUT. THERE IS A COROLLARY TO THAT,

OF COURSE, AND THAT IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS HOW TO LISTEN TO WHAT IS SAID DOES NOT SELECTIVELY CHOOSE WHAT IT LIKES AND DISREGARD WHAT IT DOESN'T LIKE. AND THERE ARE NOTABLE EXAMPLES OF THAT.

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MY QUESTION IS SIMPLY THIS. THE INITIATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE HUGE BACKLASH FROM CHINA HAVE DEFEATED SUCH THINGS AS THE THROUGH-TRAIN CONCEPT. NOW, I SUGGEST DRASTIC PROBLEMS CALL FOR DRASTIC SOLUTIONS. WOULD THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR CARE TO COMMENT ON THIS RATHER RADICAL IDEA IN AN OBJECTIVE FASHION:

FIRST,

THE GOVERNOR STAYS IN BRITAIN IN ORDER TO BRING IN AND PERSUADE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO ENACT LEGISLATION, AND ALLOWS THE ACTING GOVERNOR TO FORM SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WARTIME CABINET. THAT IS, FORMS AN ASSEMBLY WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER BUSINESSMEN, LEGISLATORS AND CHINESE GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES 80 THAT WE HAVE AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT REPRESENTING ALL POINTS OF VIEW TO BRING ABOUT THAT MUCH SMOOTHER

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/CHAIRMAN: