PHILIP BOWRING:
HAVE THERE BEEN ACTUAL TALKS OR HAVE THERE MERELY
(INAUDIBLE)?
BEEN EXCHANGES OF
LORD BELSTEAD: 1 REPEAT, THEY ARE TAKING PLACE AND THEY ARE CONTINUING.
STEPHEN YU, ORIENTAL DAILY:
NEGOTIATIONS.
MAY I ASK, WHO WILL REPRESENT CHINA IN THE
LORD BELSTEAD: THIS IS A MATTER OF COURSE, FOR THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT.
STEPHEN YU:
DO YOU KNOW?
LORD BELSTEAD: NO.
MARY LEE, FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW:
SIR, COULD YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHAT
THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WANT?
LORD BELSTEAD: I THINK, FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD, THAT THE
PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAY THAT THEY CHOOSE, IN FREEDOM, AND IN PEACE.
KATHLEEN WONG:
THE FUTURE?
WILL YOU BE TAKING PART IN THE NEGOTIATIONS IN
LORD BELSTEAD: WELL, THIS IS A MATTER, OF COURSE, AS TO WHO TAKES PART IN THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION, BUT AT THE MOMENT. WE'RE QUITE OPEN ABOUT IT- THROUGH THE DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS, AND SIR PERCY CRADOCK IS CONDUCTING THEM AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAVE THE FULLEST CONFIDENCE IN SER PERCY.
ALICE CHAU, EXPRESS DAILY:
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER ANY HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS?
LORD BELSTEAD: WELL, HERE AGAIN AS I SAY, THIS IS A MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION AND OBVIOUSLY WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS WHEN YOU'RE CONDUCTING THE TALKS THROUGH THE DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS IS SOMETHING WHICH I WOULD WISH TO EXPAND ON: WHAT I HAVE DONE FOR MY PART AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, IS TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURENED TO CONSULT WITH EXCO AND UMELCO, AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
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