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P.03/03
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988
TSE CHOI-WAN (TVB): DO YOU THINK TUE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S HANDS ARE TIED AS FAR AS DEFENCE COSTS ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE YOU YOURSELF SAID LAST NIGHT THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A BRITISH TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM HONG KONG EVEN IF LECCO VOTE DOWN THE PROPOSAL?
ON
NEW
GARRISON
AS WE WORK
DOUBT, AS THE UNITED
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, SO FAR AS THE CHANGES IN THE ARE CONCERNED, THOSE HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY 3E DISCUSSED TOWARDS 1997. THERE WILL BE ADJUSTMENTS TO FORCE LEVEL THERE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. IT IS UNREALISTIC TO SUPPOSE THAT KINGDOM COULD WITHDRAW SUDDENLY FROM HONG HONG; THAT 18 NOT IN ANYBODY'S INTEREST TO ACHIEVE. AND THE IMPORTANT THING IS, AS SAID, THAT AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AGREEMENT TO HAVE IT ENDORSED FULLY HERE IN HONG KONG.
I HAVE
FROM
8TH ADD GIS 30
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988
TSE CHOI-WAN: I WANT TO FOLLOW UP THIS QUESTION. LEGCO VOTED DOWN ON THIS, YOU HAVE NOTHING MORE TO DO?
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, I HAVE JUST ANSWERED HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION; LET'S NOT DEAL IN HYPOTHESES.
So, EVEN IF
THAT: IT IS
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