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SATU DAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1994

QUESTION: WORK

HOW DO YOU FORESEE THE PROSPECT OF SPEEDING

UP JLG

ΤΟ

GOVERNOR:

WELL I WANT STRAIGHTAWAY, AS I HAVE DONE ALREADY,

HE IS VERY FAMILIAR WELCOME THE NEW HEAD OF THE CHINESE JLG TEAM.

HE IS A WITH SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH WHICH HE WILL BE WRESTLING.

EXPERIENCE IN MAN OF GREAT DIPLOMATIC EXPERIENCE AND CONSIDERABLE WORKING WITH HONG KONG'S PROBLEMS AND ALL OF US UNRESERVEDLY WISH

EXTRAORDINARY EXCITING WELL AND HOPE THAT HE ENJOYS LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T GUARANTEE HIM THIS WEATHER THE WHOLE YEAR BUT AT LEAST HE HAS ARRIVED WHEN IT'S AS BEAUTIFUL AS THIS.

WE

HIM

ROUND

JLG

DO HAVE ON THE TABLE, WHICH AMBASSADOR DAVIES PUT AT THE LAST MEETING, A SERIES OF PROPOSALS FOR SPEEDING UP THE WORK OF THE JLG AND I WAS VERY PLEASED THAT THE NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR REFERRED NECESSITY OF DOING THAT, AND I HOPE THAT ONE OF THE OUTCOMES NEXT JLG MEETING IN LONDON WILL BE TO AGREE ON WAYS IN WHICH WE BOTH SIDES, GET THROUGH THE JLG AGENDA MORE RAPIDLY.

ΤΟ THE OF THE

CAN,

THAT

WHICH

I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE AS WE GET CLOSER TO 1997 THE CHINESE SIDE WILL WANT TO PUT MORE ISSUES ON THE JLG AGENDA

то THE TRANSFER, SOVEREIGNTY HAVE

THE RELEVANCE TO SPECIFIC TRANSITION, AND THAT'S TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE AND VERY WELCOME AND

LEGISLATIVE TRIED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE POINTS IN MY SPEECH TO THE COUNCIL LAST OCTOBER.

I

AND

I

WAS

HAD

A

IN THE JLG THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES WHICH SOMETIMES ARE DEALT WITH

BETTER NOT, SOMETIMES

WHERE WE DO REQUIRE

UNDERSTANDING. EXTREMELY PLEASED BY THE POSITIVE CONTENT OF THE MEETING THAT WE

WAS I THINK THAT EARLIER THIS WEEK IN PEKING ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

WILL BE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING AND I HOPE THAT VERY SOON WE

PROPOSED COMMITTEE ABLE TO WRAP UP ISSUES LIKE THE REMIT OF THE NEW

GET AND

DOWN TO

CROSS-BORDER THE BUSINESS OF

ABOUT TALKING

WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, ABOUT TALKING ON ROAD AND RAIL AND SO ON,

ESTIMATION, CHINESE COLLEAGUES. I THINK IN OUR EXPERIENCE, OR IN OUR

ΤΟ DO THAT MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK WAS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW BUSINESS AND I HOPE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO ON LIKE THAT.

IT'S

—

IT'S NOT A

NOT AS THE CHIEF SECRETARY WAS SAYING YESTERDAY COMMITTEE OR A WORKING GROUP WHICH WILL IN ANY WAY DETRACT FROM HONG KONG'S LEGITIMATE AUTONOMY. ITS INTENTION IS TO SPEED MAKING RATHER THAN TO SLOW DECISION MAKING DOWN,

ITSELF

A DECISION

DEVELOPMENT

MAY, AND

MAKING BODY.

FOR

BUT I THINK EXAMPLE, ENSURE

UP DECISION THOUGH IT'S NOT VERY WELCOME FACE A DON'T

WITHOUT US

IT'S A THAT WE SITUATION IN WHICH BRIDGES START TURNING UP IN HONG KONG KNOWING MUCH ABOUT THEM.

QUESTION:

GOVERNOR, HAS THE GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY AGREED THAT COMMITTEE BE SET UP?

THE

GOVERNOR :

COMMITTEE LIKE WE'VE GOT NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT A OH,

ANOTHER THIS WOULD BE WHOLLY DESIRABLE, BUT I THINK WE NEED PROBABLY

BUT WE ARE VERY MEETING ΤΟ AGREE FINALLY ON THE NUTS AND BOLTS.

CHINESE SIDE POSITIVE ABOUT THE APPROACH AND ARE DELIGHTED THAT THE HAVE BEEN SO POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE AS WELL.

/QUESTION: