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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988

WORLD EXPOSITION BRITISH GOVERNMENT KONG HOSTING THE

SANDY LI (SING TAO WAN PAO): AS THE APPLICATION IS CLOSING IN NOVEMBER, WHEN WILL THE TAKE ACTION. WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL VIEWS ON HONG EXPO/97?

LORD GLENARTHUR: CAN I TAKE THE LAST POINT? THE QUESTION OF EXPO IS ONE THAT, OF COURSE, RAISES A NUMBER OF PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. I THINK THAT AT THE MOMENT IT IS SOMETHING WHICH THE HONG KONO GOVERNMENT HAS GOT TO LOOK AT VERY CAREFULLY TO SEE JUST WHAT THOSE SORT OF PROBLEMS ARE. I KNOW THERE IS ENTHUSIASM FOR THE IDEA BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE IDEA TO EE AWARE OF THE PRACTICALITIES INVOLVED AND AT THE MOMENT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THESE ARE BEING DISCUSSED.

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