1989-01-11 23:52 G.I.S
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989
DAVID SCHLESINGER: COULD YOU PUT IT ANOTHER WAY?
LORD
GLENARTHUR: WELL, THERE ARE SOME FAIRLY FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES TO MAKE. ONE IS PRANKLY THE QUESTION OF NUMBERS. THERE ARE ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED IN MACAU AS I UNDERSTAND IT AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THREE OR SO MILLION HERE. SO THERE IS A PRACTICAL SIDE OF IT. THERE ARE A WHOLE DIFFERENT, A RANGE OF DIFFERENT ISSUES WHICH ARE CONCERNED HERE. I HAVE SAID THAT I DO NOT SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER CHANGES IN BRITISH NATIONALITY LAW TO THAT BUT AS I HAVE ALSO SAID, SOMETHING WHICH I HAVE GOT TO AND I WILL DO WHEN I GET BACK.
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WONG SAU-YING (AFP) (QUESTION ASKED IN CANTONESE): LIKE TO REFER TO THE VR PROBLEM. YOU HAVE ASSURED US OP THE UK GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THIS PROBLEM. YOU SAY THAT IN THE NEXT
TO THREE VRADS
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IF OTHER COUNTRIES DO NOT INCREASE INTAKE SIGNIFICANTLY, WHAT WILL THE NEXT STEP TAKEN BY THE UK GOVERNMENT?
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LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, AS I HAVE SAID, I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT OTHER COUNTRIES WILL RESPOND. LET'S NOT CROSS HURDLES BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET TO THEM. THE FACT IS THAT WE HAVE MOUNTED THIS VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN. OTHER CAMPAIGNS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AND
AND THE LEVERAGE THAT OUR RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT MADE WILL, I AM
SURE, PROVIDE THE RIGHT SORT OF RESPONSE.
BRITAIN
JULIE MAPLESTON (ATV); LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS HAVE SUGGESTED PROPOJE A THREE YEAR PLAN TO DOLVE THE WHOLE REFUGEE PROBLEM. IS THAT UNREALISTIC AND HAVE YOU DISCUSSED IT WITH THEM?
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LORD GLENARTHUR : IT WAS CERTAINLY MENTIONED. WHETHER OR NOT IT IS REALISTIC DEPENDS VERY MUCH ON THE PROGRESS THAT IS MADE THE BOARD. PART OF THE ISSUE IS RESETTLEMENT. PART OF IT INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE TO TRY AND SOLVE THE VIETNAM PROBLEM, WITH CAMBODIA AND EVERYTHING ELSE. RESETTLEMENT, REPATRIATION, THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL DIMENSION OF THE PROBLEMS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA ALL PLAY THEIR PART, SO ONE CAN'T SAY WITH CERTAINTY THAT IT IS REALISTIC BUT ON THE OTHER HAND I'D HOPE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE VERY RAPID PROGRESS.
SERENA CHOI | EXFRESS); YOU SALV IHE VIFFENENUE
MAVAU AND HONG KONG IS THE NUMBER. DO YOU MEAN THAT IF THE BRITISH ISSUE THE BRITISH PASSPORT TO HONG KONG, YOU MEAN THE HONG KONG PEOPLE, YOU ARE AFRAID THE HONG KONG PEOPLE ALL GO TO BRITAIN, SO YOUR COUNTRY DON'T ISSUE THE BRITISH PASSPORT TO HONG KONG, SO DO CONCERNED ABOUT THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT, THEY COUNTRY PASSPORT TO MACAU. YOU DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE FUTURE?
YOU, WERE YOU ISSUED THE EC OF HONG KONG'S
/LORD GLENARTHUR :
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