TNAG-1629-FCO40-2245-Visits-by-Sir-David-Akers-Jones-(Acting-Governor-of-Hong-Kon-1987 — Page 6

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H.E. THE WAY

WHICH THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WILL LOOK AT THIS, I SURE, IS THAT THEY WILL TRY TO REACH A DECISION WHICH THEY BELIEVE TO BE IN THE IST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. IN THAT, THE VIEWS OF TH PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL WEIGH VERY HEAVILY SORT OF INDEED. I DON'T THINK I CAN WEIGH A VIEW, GIVE IT A PRECISE SORT

THE VIEWS OF THE NUMBER OF KILOGRAMS. . JT ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT

TAKEN PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, 3 SAID RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, WOULD BE

THAT, THE GOVERNMENT WILL FULLY INTO ACCOUNT. THE GOVERNMENT MEANT CARRY OUT THAT COMMIT ENT.

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IS THERE ANY JANE HUTCHEON, OF RTHK: SIR DAVID,

REASON WHY BEFORE THE GREEN PAPEI CONSULTATION EXERCISE THE GOVERNMENT COULDN'T HAVE TOLD THE PUBLIC : IMPLY AND CLEARLY THE SITUATION HAD CHANGED IN 1988 WERE NOT SINCE THE WHITE PAPER AND THAT DIRECT ELECTIONS

OWN FEELINGS TOWARDS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF TI BASIC LAW AND CHINA'S THE TIMING OF DIRECTECTIONS?

IT TWO CLEAR

COMMITMENTS,

1987 THE

THERE

THE

OF THE

H.E. THE 1984 WHITE PAPER HAD IN THREE CLEAR COMMITMEN 3. ONE WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE A REVIEW IN AND THAT WAS PUT FORW. RD FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL OF 1988, «SECOND WAS THAT THE RI VIEW WOULD COVER THE QUESTION OF WHETHER

SHOULD BE AN ELEMENT OF DIRECT ELECTIONS INTRODUCED INTO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, ND THE THIRD WAS THAT THE POSITION GOVERNOR AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO BE COVERED IN THAT REVIE THEREFORE, THE GOVERNMENT THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THOSE TWO RIGHT TO PUT FORWARD L THOSE THINGS WHICH HAD BEEN,

AND THAT IT THINGS WHICH HAD BEEN 'ROMISED IN THE 1987 GREEN PAPER,

IS EXCLUDED RIGHT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RIGHT TO SAY THAT SOMETHING

VIEWS FROM THE BEGINNING. TI CORRECT COURSE WAS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WERE ON THOSE ISSUES.

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CHANGED IN THAT THE JANE HUTCHEON: BUT IF THE SITUATION HAD GOVERNMENT'S OWN HANDS WERE NOW TIED, WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN BETTER EXPLAIN THAT FROM THE BEGINNING?

THAT

AND THEY PUT

H.E.: THE GOVERMENT SAID WHEN THE GREEN PAPER WAS ISSUED ALL THE OPTIONS IN THE GREEN PAPER WERE REAL OPTIONS, FORWARD THOSE OPTIONS WITH THAT CONSIDERATION IN MIND.

KEVIN

SINCLAIR

THE REPRESENTING

BULLETIN MAGAZINE AUSTRALIA: YES, SIR DAVID, ARE YOU PERSONALLY HAPPY WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAY BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION, THE WAY THAT IT BRING DEVELOPED AND HAS GOVERNMENT SOUGHT ANY FRESH REASSURANCES THE AUTHORITIES IN GUA IGDONG?

OF THE

IS

FROM

OF

ORMAL HONGONG

CONCERN OF PEOPLE H.B.: I VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND THE

IN HONG DAYA BAY SHOULD KONG THAT THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WHICH IS BUILT AT BE TOTALLY SAFE AND IT SHOULD BE BUILT TO HIGH STANDARD CONSTRUCTION. THEREFOR1, WHEN SOME NON-CONFORMITY WITH THE PLAN WAS DISCOVERED IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE IN WERE CONCERNED ABOUT 1 LAT. THE GOVERNMENT SHARED THAT CONCERN, IT WAS ALSO ANXIOUS: TWO THINGS, ONE, THAT THE FACT OF NON-CONFORMITY SHOULD . BE MADE PUBLIC, SECONI Y, THAT THERE SHOULD BE A REPORT ON IT BOTH ON BE TAKEN, WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HAT REMEDIAL MEASURES WERE GOING TO SINCE THE REPORT ON REDIAL MEASURES HAS COME OUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS ON THIS NOT BEEN IN DIRECT COS ACT WITH THE AUTHORITIES IN QUANGDONG PARTICULAR ISSUE, BUT HERE HAS OF COURSE BEEN

HERE HAS OF COURSE BEEN CONTINUING DISCUSSION IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY, AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS TWO DIRECTORS THE HONGKONG NIC WHICH FORMS PART OF THAT,

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