HE SAID HE HAD JUST GOT THE REFUGEE ACTION GROUP'S REPORT AND HAD NO TIME TO READ THROUGH IT, BUT HE HAD THE IMPRESSION THEY +GOT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS THE WRONG WAY ROUND+.
HE NOTED THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT MADE IN THE PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS IS FOR THE UK GOVT TO TAKE MORE VRS, TO ALLOW MORE OF THOSE WITH RELATIONS INTO THE COUNTRY. +ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BRITISH GOVT TO
A LEAD+,
TAKE
WHEN HE RETURNS TO UK, HE WILL SEEK TO HAVE AN ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE VR ISSUE AND HE BELIEVES THE RECOMMENDED DAILY RESETTLEMENT FIGURE OF 40 COULD BE INCREASED TO 50.
HE SAID COMPARED WITH 1979 WHEN HE WAS LAST HERE, CONDITIONS IN CAMPS ARE BETTER, CLEANER AND PEOPLE ARE HAPPIER+. HK SHOULD
BE PRAISED FOR WHAT IT HAS DONE FOR REFUGEES. BUT PRIMARY CONCERN IS TO GET THEN OUT AND TAKE THE BURDEN OF HK.
BRITISH/HK TRADE
OVER PAST FIVE YEARS, BRITISH SALES TO HK HAD GROWN BY 70 P.C. AND THERE ARE SOME 200 BRITISH FIRMS WITH OFFICES IN HK AND MORE WITH REPRESENTATIVES HERE.
BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE SALES TO HK AND A STRONGER BRITISH BUSINESS PRESENCE AND HE IS DELIGHTED THAT STEPS TOWARDS FORMING A BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE BEING TAKEN.
POLITICAL REFORM
IT IS NOT FOR BRITISH MP OR GOVT TO DETERMINE WHAT FORN OF DEMOCRACY FOR HK, CLEARLY FOR HK PEOPLE TO DECIDE.
GLAD TO SEE A FORUM OF DEBATE ON THIS IN HR AND HOPES IT WILL NOT HAVE +COLLISION+ WITH PEKING'S VIEWS.
WHEN PRESSED, HE SAID HK PEOPLE HAVE TO JUDGE WHAT SYSTEM THEY WANT, ADDING HE IS NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE SITUATION TO COMMENT. HE SAID HE WILL SEE MARTIN LEE AND MARIA TAM TOMORRON,
MR WRIGGLESWORTH SAID HE WAS IN GUANGZHOU AND SHENZHEN BEFORE COMING TO HK, AND FROM WHAT HE HAD SEEN AND HEARD THERE, HE FELT THE CHINESE PEOPLE ARE DETERMINED TO WORK.
TO SEE AND MAKE THE HK AGREEMENT
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