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requested the money. He did not consider that HK was all that prosperous and had a need of funds itself for the Port and Airport Development Strategy (PADS). He would have preferred the contribution to be less than $230 million to help UK
UK because he wished to avoid giving a false impression of prosperity while HK was in the shadow of economic recession.
Professor Poon considered HK should play a role in helping people who suffered as a result of the war, and
and help save the environment in the Gulf, and therefore was in support of the amended proposal.
Mr. Tai Chin-wah agreed with Mr. Stephen
Cheong and considered that in the
in the absence of
absence of a request HK should not be making a contribution.
Rosanna
Tam
In supporting the amended proposal Mrs. noted that HK relied heavily on international support and could not isolate itself from international affairs.
Mr. Tam Yiu-chung considered the proposal was rushed and noted that the Chinese version was late in arriving (it had been issued to Members in the morning of 8 February). He noted that the UK was not a leading trading partner to HK and
to HK and that HK was shouldering the Vietnamese boat people problem. There were many options to being part of the international community and he agreed with Mr.
Martin Lee's proposal to make a contribution to the IRC. He did not consider the amended proposal with its condition could be very binding.
The
Dr. Daniel Tse supported the amended proposal and considered there was a need to liberate Kuwait. money should be used for humanitarian purposes.
Mr.
the contribution
Andrew Wong supported without any conditions. He was in
in support of the
the UN police action to restore order in the Gulf, and considered that HK needed the friendship of the international community.
Mr. Edward Ho agreed with Mr. Andrew Wong and considered that in the run up to 1997 HK needed to make favourable international impression. He saw nothing wrong with supporting the UKG.
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