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S.Y.YUE (HK STANDARD): I HAVE A RELATIVELY SIMPLE QUESTION FOR NE IS THE CREDIT OF APPOINTING A VICE CHAIRMAN TO THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, WOULD IT BE A CANDIDATE THAT IS. FAVOURED BY THE CHINESE SIDE ?
THE GOVERNOR: THERE IS NOTHING LAID DOWN ABOUT WHO THAT CANDIDATE SHOULD BE, NOTHING ABOUT THAT AT ALL. IT JUST HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF A VICE CHAIRMAN AT SOME POINT IN ABOUT TWO YEARS' TIME. IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO HAVE A VICE CHAIRMAN, WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW AT THE MOMENT AND IT MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT THE VICE CHAIRMANSHIP WILL PROVIDE FOR CONTINUITY BUT THERE'S NOTHING LAID DOWN ABOUT WHO THAT PERSON SHOULD BE.
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S.Y.YUE (HK STANDARD): WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF APPOINTING SUCH A
THE GOVERNOR: IT JUST ALLOWS FOR A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE IN THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY. AT THE MOMENT, THE WAY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY IS SET UP, IT DOESN'T HAVE A VICE CHAIRMAN, IT MEANS THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY CAN HAVE A VICE CHAIRMAN. PRECISELY WHAT THE VICE CHAIRMAN WILL DO, THAT REMAINS TO BE LOOKED AT.
S.Y.YUE (HK STANDARD): IT'S THE POINT THAT
THAT CHINESE SIDE HAD INSISTED ALL ALONG THAT THIS VICE CHAIRMAN SHOULD TAKE A ROLE THAT BRING IN SOME KIND OF VETO POWER FROM THE CHINESE SIDE: IS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS?
THE GOVERNOR: I DID SAY EARLIER I WASN'T GOING TO GO THROUGH POINTS WHICH HAD BEEN DIFFERENCES AND WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN RESOLVED, BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRITTEN DOWN THERE, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT A VETO POWER OR ANY PARTICULAR ROLE FOR A VICE CHAIRMAN OR INDEED WHO THAT VICE CHAIRMAN SHOULD BE.
LAI TING-YIU (NEXT MAGAZINE): WE ARE NOW HAVING A SUB COMMITTEE UNDER THE JLG DEALING WITH THE AIRPORT PROGRAMME.
WITH THE AIRPORT PROGRAMME. IT LETS ME THINK THAT WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER SUB COMMITTEE UNDER THE JLG TO DEAL WITH HOUSING PROGRAMME, OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEDICAL SERVICE OR ANY OTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. DO YOU THINK IT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, AND DO YOU AGREE THAT AIRPORT PROGRAMME IS A DOMESTIC PROGRAMME; IT'S SOMETHING CONCERNED WITH DOMESTIC AFFAIR, NOT BE AN AFFAIR DEALING BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND CHINESE, THROUGH IT SHOULD
DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL ?
THE GOVERNOR: I DON'T EXPECT THERE WILL BE SUB COMMITTEES SET UP TO DEAL WITH A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS. I SAID EARLIER THAT THE AIRPORT WAS A PARTICULAR SORT OF ANIMAL, WHICH THEREFORE NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH IN A PARTICULAR SORT OF WAY, AND WE ALL KNOW HIT PARTICULAR DIFFICULTIES ON THE AIRPORT. SO WE'VE GOT TO FIND WAYS OF DEALING WITH THOSE AND THIS IS A SENSIBLE WAY OF DEALING WITH IT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ON EVERY MAJOR AREA OF POLICY THAT THERE WILL BE ANY NEED FOR SUB COMMITTEES. AND IT'S ALSO PERHAPS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP IS SPECIFICALLY LAID DOWN AS BEING AN ORGAN FOR LIAISON, IT'S NOT, THE WORDING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, IT'S NOT AN ORGAN FOR POWER. IT'S AN ORGANISATION FOR LIAISON PURPOSES. SO YOUR OTHER POINT WAS, THAT SHOULD IT BE DEALT WITH THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS. WHEN WE HIT THE SORT OF PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HIT ON THE AIRPORT, IT DID RAISE IT TO THE DIPLOMATIC LEVEL, INDEED FOR A PERIOD
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