other things that one must continue to discuss, there is one-fifth of the world's population there amongst other things.
Q: Another thing I want to clarify up with you is the meeting
between Douglas Hurd and the Chinese Foreign Minister. We know that they will meet at the United Nations every year anyway. I just wonder if under this Memorandum of Understanding will there be any other meeting between them in addition to the meeting in the United Nations?
A: Hopefully, yes. We think it is right and we were certainly
encouraged by people in Hong Kong that this was the right way forward, was to ratchet up the relationship with China again. After Tianamen Square there was a bad patch through which we all went in the West in our relations with China. We are now ratching up those relationships again. Part of that is the proposition that Douglas Hurd put forward that there should be more regular meetings between the respective foreign ministers, this is good, not only for Hong Kong because that is coming to a very important part in the second half of the transition following the Joint Declaration, but also the world-wide problems.
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Secretary of State in his visit to Peking and what we want to do is to build on that idea, and that has been agreed and now it is a question of sorting out dates and where it is going to happen.
So, turn to the boat people issue.
You mentioned while I have it in mind some quotes or comments of the British press. I hope you don't take the British press so accurately. If you look at the Glasgow Herald today you will find that I have been quoted as Spokesman for Scotland, but let me reassure you I am still
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