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supplementary

ary Ed Question No.

gon 25.5.88

in LegCo Meeting on 25.5.88

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MR. CHEONG : Sir, the Secretary did not anticipate my next

question.

In fact, my next question is, in paragraph two

of the Secretary's answer he states that the BIE is aware

of Hong Kong's interest. Does that mean BIE has been

notified formally by a United Kingdom representative of

our interest? If not, is it government's view that

that the

effect of learning of Hong Kong's interest through media

reports has the same significance to the bureau, as

formally raising it during the meeting?

SECRETARY

FOR

ADMINISTRATIVE

SERVICES AND INFORMATION

Sir, as

I

understand it, the main proponents of this

That

proposal have been in touch with the bureau and therefore,

the bureau is aware of Hong Kong's interest.

awareness, of course, does not make it unnecessary for

Hong Kong to register should it be decided eventually that

we would wish to do so. No registration at this stage is

necessary, and I think that is really the point. We are

looking at the feasibility and until that is done,

we

cannot go on to the second step.