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Question: Do you think it is sensible to isolate .......

Governor: I think that the people of Hong Kong know exactly who's isolating themselves. The people of Hong Kong clearly, plainly want all of us to behave in a responsible, sensible, civilised, courteous, decent, dignified fashion, because that's what the Hong Kong people are like. They expect all officials to show a concern for their own long term welfare and their own long term interests. And that's what I shall be doing regardless of who meets me or doesn't meet me until the June 30, 1997.

Question: A PWC sub-group is going to visit the Customs Department on Friday...

Governor: Good.

Question: Does it signify a change of the government policy...

Governor: No, we have an extremely sensible policy. I hope the PWC are impressed by what they hear and see. I hope that when members of the disciplined services express their concerns about the future and their need for reassurance about the position after 1997, that the PWC will convey those sentiments to officials in Peking and will take close notice of them. Let us just remember as these PWC meetings take place in next week or 10 days, nobody, nobody in the public service or outside is expressing anxiety about what happens between today, May 10 and June 30, 1997. That isn't what people express anxieties about. The anxieties when they're expressed are about what happen beyond that. I try to give people reassurances. I hope that when he is in Hong Kong next week, Director Lu will be able to give reassurances through deeds as well as words. One of the most sensible deeds would be what everybody else, everywhere else in the world does, which is to take a hand when it's offered to them. That's what everybody else would do and I very much hope that Director Lu will do that as well. I hope that he'll also have good news for us. When he was in the United States, we're told that the FSAs, on the airport and the airport railway were going to be settled within days, within days. I very much hope that we get an end to those days in the next days. Thank you very much.

End/Wednesday, May 10, 1995