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SARAH YUEN (ATV) I WONDER. IS IT POSSIBLE TO ASK YOU IF ANYTHING YOU'VE SEEN OR HEARD IN THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS MADE YOU CHANGE YOUR STANCE ON ANYTHING? AND IF SO. IS IT POSSIBLE TO TELL US WHAT?
MR MAUDE: IT WASN'T REALLY THAT SORT OF VISIT. WHAT IT'S DONE IS TO THROW DIFFERENT LIGHT ON THINGS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. AND ΤΟ ENABLE ME TO UNDERSTAND ISSUES IN THE ROUND. BECAUSE. AS I SAY. MY PREVIOUS VISIT HERE NEARLY A YEAR AGO. WHEN I HAD DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES. AND WHEN THE SITUATION WAS DIFFERENT IN ANY EVENT. WAS CLEARLY NOT A BASIS ON WHICH I COULD FORM A ROUNDED VIEW. AND SITTING BEHIND A DESK IN WHITEHALL IS NOT EITHER. THE BEST PLACE TO FORM } ROUNDED VIEW. 30 I AM ABLE NOW. ΤΩ HAVE FILLED OUT MY PERCEPTIONS OF THE PROBLEMS AND THE ISSUES. AND I HOPE TO CONTRIBUTE AS A RESULT OF THAT. TO THE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS.
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MARK BRAYNE (BBC): MR MAUDE. YOU SAID IN YOUR STATEMENT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW PARTNERSHIP. SHOULD WE UNDERSTAND THAT. IN SOME WAY. THAT THE PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIP. UNDER EARLIER MANAGEMENT. AS IT WERE. WAS LACKING" AND IF SO, IN WHAT WAY?
MR MAUDE:
THIS IS NOT WHAT I SAID. I WAS QUOTING WHAT WAS
SAID TO ME.
MARK BRAYNE:
DO YOU AGREE?
MR MAUDE:
WELL. I MEAN. I HOPE THAT WE CAN START AND WORK TOGETHER IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. WHAT THERE CLEARLY IS. IS
NEW TEAM OF MINISTERS AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE. JOHN MAJOR AND I ARE NEW TO THE FOREIGN OFFICE. WE BOTH ATTACH VERY GREAT IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG INDEED. WE SHALL WANT TO BUILD ON THE WORK THAT OUR PREDECESSORS MAVE DONE. BUT OF COURSE WE COME TO IT NEW: WE COME TO IT. PERHATS. WIT FRESH MINDS. AND WANTING TO LOOK AT THE ISSUES OURSELVES.
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IF I CAN JUST EXPAND ON THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS WHI... OBVIOUSLY I WANTED TO DO HERE WAS TO MEET PEOPLE AND TALK TO PEOPLE BEGIN TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE IN HONG KONU Who AE MET IN THE COURSE OF THESE TWO DAYS. AND WITH WHOM I HOPE I SHALL BE DEALING FOR SOME TIME TO COME.
KAREN CHENG COMMERCIAL RADIO): A TOP CHINESE OFFICIAL RECENTLY SAID HE DOES NOT THINK THERE IS A CONFIDENCE CRISIS IN HONG HONG. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CONVINCE THEM THAT THERE IS SUCH A PROBLEM AND THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE?
MR MAUDE: WELL. AS I'VE SAID. I AM NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF COMMENTING ON WHAT OTHERS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE SAID. AS I SAID WHEN I CAME HERE ON SUNDAY EVENING. THE FACT THAT CONFIDENCE WAS DAMAGED HERE AS A RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. IS SIMPLY A HISTORICAL FACT. AND I DID NO MORE THAN STATE THE FACT.
FUNG WAI-KONG (ASIAWEEK ) : MR MINISTER. YESTERDAY PRESSURE GROUP LEADERS. YOU ASKED THEM THAT IF GOVERNMENT DOES SOMETHING WHICH THE CHINESE DON'T LIKE. REACTION OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE BE? ARE THE BRITISH SOMETHING WHICH THE CHINESE DON'T LIKE?
YOU MET THE THE BRITISH WHAT WILL THE GOING TO DO
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