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ANSWER

H.E.: IT IS A SURPRISINGLY DIFFICULT QUESTION FOR ME TO OBJECTIVELY AND I DON'T THINK I WILL EVEN ATTEMPT TO DO SO. I THINK

HON THAT REALLY MUST BE LEFT FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT THE KONG GOVERNMENT OR, INDEED, LOOKING AT ME TO MAKE THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT IN WHATEVER WAY THEY WISH FOR ME, THESE LAST SEVEN MONTHS HAVE BEEN

CAN A TIME WHEN I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LEARN AS MUCH AS I KONG AND VISIT AS MUCH OF HONG KONG AS I CAN. BY THE END I WILL HAVE COMPLETED A PROGRAMME OF VISITING ALL THE DISTRICTS OF HONG KONG AND I WILL THEN HOPE NEXT YEAR TO GO ON TO MORE SPECIFIC

TO GO THROUGH BUT THE AREAS. I HAVE A LONG LEARNING PROCESS SEVEN MONTHS HAVE BEEN VERY USEFUL STARTING THERE.

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JAMES TAM: ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT YOU ARE STILL A

STI “HỒNG KONG:

HE. YES, I AM.

ABOUT HONG of DECEMBER

LAST

STUDENT IN

JAMES TAM: THANK YOU, SIR.

SIR DAVID, DO YOU THINK THAT RUBY ONG, OF WEN WEI PO: RONALD LT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CLOSE THE STOCK MARKET?

MR

COMMITTEE,.

HAVE THE A IT. WAS

H.E. THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. THE STOCK MARKET IT'S NOT RONALD LI HIMSELF, IT'S THE STOCK MARKET COMMITTEE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. ONLY THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT. DECISION FOR THEM TO TAKE, NOT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE. -

DURING THE LAST SAYING KONG

HONG

LARRY LEUNG, OF COMMERCIAL RADIO: SIR DAVID, TRIP TO CHINA, HAVE THE CHINESE OFFICIALS, APART FROM

POLITICAL REVIEW WAS A MATTER FOR THE THAT THE GOVERNMENT, GIVEN YOU THE IMPRESSION THAT CHINA WOULD ACCEPT · ANY POLITICAL CHANGES IN HONG KONG · NEXT YEAR? AND THE SECOND QUESTION

SURVEY REPORT. WOULD THE CHINESE

IS ABOUT

THE

GOVERNMENT CONSIDER THAT THE SURVEY REPORT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THEIR STAND? (TRANSLATION FROM CANTONESE)

FIND

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H.E.: THE SECOND PART OF THAT, WILL THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IT. HELPFUL TO THEM. I CAN'T ANSWER. THAT'S THE CHINESE

FIROT I THINK,IT HAQ GOVERNNIENT PRESUMABLY MIO CAN ANSHER THO CLEAR ALL ALONG THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS FELT CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THERE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT CONSTITUTIONAL BASIC LAW. AND CHANGE IN HONG KONG IN ADVANCE OF THEM PRODUCING THE

TIMES. I THAT IS A POINT WHICH HAS COME ACROSS IN PUBLIC MANY THAT IS PROBABLY THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION.

THINK

FANNY WONG, OF ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS: SIR, AFTERHOUR VISIT TO

END OF CHINA, ARE YOU PLANNING ANY VISITS TO LONDON BEFORE TREMEND YEAR?

THE

H.E.: NOT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. NO.

PAPER?

FANNY WONG: WILL THAT BE BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE-

/H.D.