1999-01-11 23:55 G.I.S
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL I THINK THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS, INVESTMENT ON THE ONE HAND AND IMMIGRATION, SORRY, HAVE I GOT YOUR QUESTION ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT....
STEVE VINES: I AM WONDERING WHETHER BRITAIN IS LOSING OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES WHICH OTHER COUNTRIES SEEM VERY ANXIOUS ΤΟ AVAIL THEMSELVES OF, FROM HONG KONG IMMIGRATION AND THE INVESTMENT THAT IT BRINGS WITH IT, IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES?
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL I THINK THAT IT'S QUITE UNDERSTANDABLE THAT WE SHOULD BE IN THE POSITION THAT WE ARE AT; I MEAN WE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN SAY THAT WE ARE MISSING OUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU REALLY QUALIFY THAT; I MEAN THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE ALL OVER THE PLACE WHO MAY FIND IT ATTRACTIVE AND USEFUL TO COME TO THE UNITED KINGDOM. WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL DO DEPENDS ON A WHOLE RANGE OF DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF RESETTLEMENT, THEN IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE WHO WERE ABLE ΤΟ CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH AS SOME OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE, BUT THE OVERALL EFFECT IS THAT WE ARE KEEN TO ACHIEVE RESETTLEMENT FOR PEOPLE AS NECESSARY WHEREVER IT MAY BE, INCLUDING OUR OWN COMMITMENT.
STEVE VINES: COULD I PUT THE QUESTION TO YOU ANOTHER WAY ROUND THEN? DO YOU THINK THAT IMMIGRANTS FROM HONG KONG WOULD HAVE A USEFUL ROLE TO PLAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM? THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ATTITUDE THAT OTHER GOVERNMENTS ARE TAKING AND THEY SEEM TO BE VERY KEEN IN FACT TO HAVE IMMIGRANTS FROM THIS PLACE.
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO COULD PLAY A USEFUL ROLE I DARE SAY, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE REMAIN IN HONG KONG BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FUTURE HERE AS WELL, AND THAT HAS BEEN MADE PERFECTLY CLEAR THROUGHOUT,
SANDY LI CHAU-WA (SING TAO JIH PAO): I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION ABOUT TAIWAN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE UK INTENDS ΤΟ ORGANISE 10 ECONOMIC TOURS · TO TAIWAN THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE CLOSE TIES IN THE RELATIONSHIP BUT SUCH RAPID DEVELOPMENT CAN'T BE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. IS IT THE RIGHT TIME FOR UK GOVERNMENT TO THINK THAT IT IS THE RIGHT TIME TO SHIFT THE HONG KONG BASE TO TAIWAN?
LORD GLENARTHUR: I AM NOT QUITE SURE WHAT LIES BEHIND YOUR
QUESTION.
SANDY LI: IT IS PUBLISHED FROM THE NEWSPAPER.
VERY AT.
LORD GLENARTHUR: COULD YOU SAY IT AGAIN? I AM AFRAID IT INDISTINCT. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT POINT YOU WERE DRIVING
WAS
SANDY LI: THE UK INTENDS ΤΟ ORGANISE 10 ECONOMIC
TOURS
TO TAIWAN..
/LORD GLENARTHUR:
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