REPORTER: YOU SAID JUST NOW THAT THE CHINESE LEADERS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSULTING THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, DID THEY GIVE ANY INDICATION WHAT KIND OF ..
IS
LPS: NO. THE FIRST THING THEY'VE GOT TO DO, QUITE CLEARLY, TO DISCUSS IT AMONGST THEMSELVES AND TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO TAKE MATTERS FURTHER. I DON'T BELIVE, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE DONE THAT YET. THE IMPRESSION !
GOT VERY STRONGLY WAS THAT THEY WILL START TO DO THIS. NOW THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING WITH ALL SORTS
OF PEOPLE. BUT I DON'T BELIVE THAT IT IS GOING TO BE DONE VERY QUICKLY, LIKE IN A MATTER OF WEEKS. CERTAINLY I BELIEVE THAT,
AS I SAID BEFORE, THAT WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER COMES, THAT
THERE WILL BE ANY QUESTION OF SETTLING THE WHOLE MATTER.
I'M SURE IT WON'T.
REPORTER: WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE CATALYST BEFORE THEY COME TO SUCH A POSTION, DO YOU THINK THE INITIATIVE SHOULD COME FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY BRITAIN
HAS.....?
LPS: OH NO. WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM, WE HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING THE MATTER
FOR A LONG TIME. UP TO NOW THERE HASN'T BEEN THE RECOGNITION THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS TO BE PROCEEDED WITH FROM THE CHINESE SIDE, NOW THAT IS GOOD. AND THEY WILL DO SO AND WE SHALL ALSO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS IT WITH THEM.
REPORTER: WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT ULTIMATELY ?.
LPS: IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL THE PARTIES CONCERNED, UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA AND HONG KONG.
REPORTER: ANY ONE IN PARTICULAR ..........?
LPS: I THINK IN ANY KIND OF DISCUSSION OF THIS SORT, YOU HAVE TO BRING EVERYBODY IN, YOU HAVE TO SEEK TO GET AN AGREEMENT, THIS IS WHAT IS NECESSARY. WHEN YOU SAY WHO IS TO TAKE THIS RESPONSIBLITY, ALL THE PARTIES, NOT ONE OF THEM.
REPORTER: YOU WILL BE FLYING TO KOREA. ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE RELATIONS BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND CHINA 7.
LPS: NOT VERY MUCH. THIS IS BECAUSE CHINA RECOGNISES ONLY NORTH KOREA AND UNITED KINGDOM RECOGNISES SOUTH KOREA, AND HAVING MADE THAT POINT THERE REALLY ISN'T VERY MUCH MORE TO
SAY.
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