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FACE OP THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, WILL YOU PERSONALLY THEM, ON THE FIRST SAR

MATTHEW LEUNG (HONGKONG STANDARD): IN POLITICAL MODELS COME UP BY HONG KONG CALL FOR GOVERNMENT?

A POLITICAL COMPROMISE AMONG

LORD GLENARTHUR: COULD YOU REPEAT THAT COULD NOT HEAR IT.

QUESTION? I FRANKLY

MATTHEW LEUNG: WELL, IN FACT OF THE DIFFERENT POLITICAL COME UP BY HONG KONG PEOPLE REGARDING ON THE

MODELS FIRST WILL YOU PERSONALLY CALL FOR A POLITICAL COMPROMISE

SAR GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE?

AMONG HONG KONG

THE MOMENT

THE FIRST

LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, I THINK WHAT WE HAVE GOT AT IS A SITUATION WHERE THE DRAFT BASIC LAW HAS APPEARED FOR TIME, THERE IS A CONSULTATIVE PROCESS TAKING PLACE HERE ON IT, AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD TAKE DUE ACCOUNT THE VIEWS BEING EXPRESSED HERE ON THAT DRAFT

OF ALL BASIC LAW. APPEAR AGAIN AND THEN THERE WILL BE A

THOSE WILL FURTHER CONSULTATIVE PROCESS. SO THAT REALLY, I THINK, COMES INTO THE MATTER OF THE CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ITSELF. WHAT I DO DEPENDS VERY LARGELY ON THE RESULTS VIEWS THAT ARE EXPRESSED HERE.

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MATTHEW LEUNG: YOU THINK THAT A POLITICAL COMPROMISE WILL HELP BY THE END OF THE DAY?

LORD GLENARTHUR: DO I THINK A POLITICAL COMPROMISE WILL COME? WELL, I CAN'T FORECAST WHAT THE OUTCOME OF A CONSULTATIVE PROCESS IS GOING TO BE. WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

ANNIE LAM (SING TAO JIH PAO): THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE DRAFT BASIC LAW HAS BEEN CRITICISED TO BE A VERY POOR TRANSLATION BY THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS. EVEN SIR DAVID WILSON ALSO TOLD US THAT

THAT HE HAS TO READ BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE TEXTE TOGETHER TO GET A COMPLETE PICTURE. DID YOU ENCOUNTER THE SAME DIFFICULTY WHILE READING THE DRAFT BASIC LAW AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY GRASPED ACCURATE MEANING OF ALL THOSE PROVISIONS?

THE

LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, I THINK THAT IS A VALID POINT OF VIEW. THERE MAY WELL NEED TO BE AN AUTHENTIC BRITISH, ENGLISH TEXT OF THE DRAFT BABIC LAW AND I THINK FROM ALL THE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE HAD IN CHINA THAT THAT VIEW IS ACCEPTED THERE AS WELL BUT IT IS A MATTER THEM BUT I THINK THAT THAT POINT IS WELL UNDERSTOOD, YES.

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