TNAG-2054-FCO40-2932-Political-activism-accusations-of-subversion-in-Hong-Kong-1990 — Page 7

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1990

IK WILL NOT BE ALLOWED AS OUTPOST FOR SUBVERSION: SIR DAVID FORD

THE

GOVERNMENT HAS NO INTENTION OF ALLOWING HONG KONG TO AS AN OUTPOST FOR SUBVERSION, THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR. DAVID FORD, REITERATED TODAY (FRIDAY).

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SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT A TOPPING PREMONY FOR THE PHASE ONE BUILDINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE 1=CHNOLOGY, SIR DAVID SAID: "OUR POSITION ON THIS IS VERY WELL KNOWN.

AND

IF PEOPLE OPERATE WITHIN THE LAW AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITHIN HE LAW, EXPRESS THE FREEDOMS WITHIN THE LAW, THEY ARE SAFE AND SECURE

DO SO.

HE SAID.

IF THEY BREAK THE LAW, THEN WE WILL TAKE ACTION AGAINST THEM, "

"THAT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR SYSTEM HERE. IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ONE COUNTRY AND TWO SYSTEMS, SIR DAVID STRESSED.

ABIED.

"THAT IS THE

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PRINCIPLE WE WILL STICK BY IN THE FUTURE," HE

ASKED IF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE DECISION FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, SIR DAVID SAID: "THE DECISIONS WHICH WE ARE TAKING ARE WITHIN OUR OWN AUTONOMY NOW AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS ARE T'E PEOPLE WHO WILL FORM THE BACKBONE OF THE ADMINISTRATION AFTER 1997, MY CHINESE COLLEAGUES; AND THEY ARE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT NOW AND WILL BE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE, SO I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM IN THAT REGARD."

ASKED WHETHER HE WAS HAPPY WITH POSTAL WORKERS WHO SCALED DOWN THEIR INDUSTRIAL ACTION, SIR DAVID SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT IT HELPED THEIR CAUSE TO TAKE INDUSTRIAL ACTION TO PURSUE THEIR CAUSE.

"THE DECISION WILL BE MADE IN DUE COURSE AND WILL NOT BR INFLUENCED BY WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

"WE SHALL CONTINUE WITH OUR CURRENT PROCESS AND THE WOULD BE KNOWN BY THE END OF THE YEAR," SIR DAVID SAID.

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