REPORTER: A CAUSE OF CONCERN HERE IS THAT THE PRESENT LEADERSHIP IN PEKING MIGHT BE OVERTHROWN BY ANOTHER POLITICAL REGIME. WERE
YOU OFFERED ANY ASSURANCE ABOUT THE SECURITY OF TENURE ?.
LPS: NO, I WASN'T AT ALL. IT COULD HAPPEN, LEADERSHIPS CAN BE OVERTURNED IN COUNTRIES AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHETHER IT'S GOING TO STAY THE SAME IN CHINA OR NOT, OR FOR THAT MATTER ! CAN'T TELL YOU WHETHER IT'S GOING TO STAY THE SAME IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BUT I THINK IT IS. NO, THIS IS A MATTER ONE
CANNOT KNOW ABOUT AND ALL WE CAN DO AND ANYBODY CAN DO IS TO
DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY THERE AT THE
MOMENT.
REPORTER: THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SUGGESTIONS RECENTLY IN HONG KONG
THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD DO SOMETHING TOWARDS THEIR FUTURE. DO YOU THINK THE HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS WAY OR DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD KEEP QUIET AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS 7.
LPS: I DON'T THINK THAT THE HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE EVER BEEN BACKWARD IN MAKING THEIR VIEWS KNOWN TO GOVERNMENT. THIS IS MY IMPRESSION. BUT WHEN YOU ARE DISCUSSING MATTERS LIKE THIS IT MUST BE GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT AND IT WILL BE. AND THE VIEWS AND WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL OBVIOUSLY BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, AND I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHAT THEY ARE AND I THINK THE GOVERNOR HAS AN EVEN BETTER IDEA.
REPORTER: MRS THATCHER HAS SAID THAT WITH REGARD TO GIBRALTAR THAT GIRBALTAR WILL NOT BE RETURNED AGAINST THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE THERE, SURELY WITH REGARD TO HONG KONG AND KOWLOON
THE SAME WILL APPLY.
LPS: AS I SAY, I HAVEN'T GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WANTED HONG KONG TO BE PART OF CHINA.
REPORTER: DID THE OFFICIALS IN PEKING MENTION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HONG KONG 7.
LPS: THEY DO ALL THE TIME. I THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS THAT THEY ARE WELCOMING EXCHANGE OF VISITS AND CONTACTS BETWEEN PEOPLE IN HONG KONG AND IN CHINA. I MEAN FOR EXAMPLE, THE GOVERNOR WAS OVER THE BORDER ONLY LAST WEEK AND WAS MADE VERY WELCOME AND THEY WERE DELIGHTED TO SEE HIM AND DISCUSS WITH HIM AND WILL BE COMING BACK HERE, AND, OF COURSE, WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO SEE ANY CHINESE LEADERS WHO WANT TO COME HERE.
REPORTER: IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST WEEK THE GOVERNOR EXPRSSED CONCERN OVER THE CONTIUOUS LARGE NUMBER OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING HERE FROM CHINA, DID YOU HAVE ANY NEGOTIATIONS IN CHINA ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF A REDUCTION OF THIS OUTFLOW INTO HONG KONG T
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/LPS: NO,
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