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FM HONG KONG 220346Z JUN 81
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 621 OF 22 JUNE
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INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
GOVERNOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE
22.6
FOLLOWING ARE THE MAIN POINTS OF THE GOVERNOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE
AS HE LEFT FOR LONDON LAST NIGHT.
RENT CONTROLS
2. THE GOVERNOR SAID HE TOOK SERIOUSLY THE DANGER OF FOREIGN BUSINESSES PULLING OUT OF HONG KONG IF RENT CONTROLS ON
SOME 1,800
LUXURY FLATS WERE LIFTED. HE SAID THE FINAL DECISION WOULD BE TAKEN WHEN THE PROPOSAL WAS DEBATED BY LEGCO.
NATIONALITY BILL
3. THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING THE BILL WAS NOW FAIRLY SATISFACTORY TO HONG KONG. HE EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT THE COMMONS AMENDMENTS WOULD STAND UP IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
4. THE GOVERNOR AGREED THAT THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF SPECULATION
BUT SAID THE PROBLEM COULD BEST BE SOLVED AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UK AND CHINA OVER
HONG KONG,
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
5. THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECENT INFLUX
BUT THAT IT HAD IN NO WAY BEEN CATASTROPHIC FOR HONG KONG. AT A TIME WHEN WORLD INTEREST IN THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO HAVE EVAPORATED,
HONG KONG WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS IF RESETTLEMENT OFFERS FROM OVERSEAS ALSO DRIED UP.
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