A5.
I do not think it would be right for me to comment at this
stage on matters of that kind. I shall of course want to spend some time in Hong Kong, listen
listen to people's views, and discuss these things with my advisers before coming to
conclusions on matters of internal policy.
Q6.
Do you think it is
changes in the next system of Hong Kong?
advisable or necessary to introduce
10 years to the existing political
A6.
situations.
Hong Kong is a living political entity, and must be able
to adapt to changing
Some changes will
obviously be needed in the process of implementing the
Joint Declaration. I do not think it is useful to try to predict now what sort of changes will be right to respond to the changing situation between now and 1997.
Q7.
Do you
A7.
08.
think an emergence of political parties in Hong Kong could endanger the territory's political stability?
I think Hong Kong has always managed to develop its own
systems and its Own
in way of Government
a steady and
gradual way to meet changing needs and I'm sure sort of process will continue.
issues such
the as
that that
on
If the opinion of the Hong Kong general public
important
political review if not
identical with those of the Chinese Government, how will
you resolve the contradiction?
A8.
I think
one
shouldn't always look
for contradictions
before they occur. There's going to be as you all know a review during 1987, and that review as has been said many
times will
will be a genuine and а fair review, and it will endeavour to discover the views of the people of Hong Kong on а number of important political and practical issues. The first thing, I think, is to carry out that review.
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