TNAG-1745-FCO40-2464-Visits-by-FCO-officials-to-Hong-Kong--including-visit-by-Lor-1988 — Page 104

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JUL 21 99 18÷69 HK60 LONDON FAX:01 493-1964

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SALLY BLYTH (RTHK): YOU SAID THAT THE HARDER STAND WHICH HONG KONG HAS ADOPTED IN ITB REFUGEE POLICY YOU HAVE DISCUSSED WITH OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN WIDELY ACCEPTED. DURING THESE TALAS HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY INDICATION FROM THOSE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES THAT THEY TOO ARE CONSIDERING STEPPING UP THEIR RESETTLEMENT RATE OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG'S CAMPS?

LORD GLENARTHUR: NO, WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS YET. HAS BEEN REPRESENTED TO ME HERE THAT, AS I SAID EARLIER, THAT THERE MAY BE A LINKAGE BETWEEN WHAT THE UNITED KINGDOM DOES AND WHAT OTHERS MIGHT DO BUT, AGAIN, THOSE ALL FORM PART OF THE PACKAGE OF WAYS OF DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM WHICH 1 SHALL TAKE BACK AND CONSIDER.

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(HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL): AS SOME LOCAL LEGISLATORS SAID, THAT DURING THE DEFENCE COSTS TALKS IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE UK GOVERNMENT FORCING THE HE GOVERNMENT TO TOE THE LINE, BECAUSE THE UK GOVERNMENT IS A SOVEREIGN STATE. WHY ARE YOU SO SURE IT IS A FAIR TALK BETWEEN BOTH SIDES SINCE THEY ARE NOT IN AN EQUAL STATE?

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LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN EQUAL FOR LONG TIME, HAVE THEY? THAT'S THE FIRST THING. THE SECOND IS, NO, IT HAS NOT BEEN FORCED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ON

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, IT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN REACHED. 37 13 QUITE WRONG TO SUGGEST IT HAS BEEN FORCED, IT IS NOT THE CASE.

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