A.
DUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO SECURE AGREEMENT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, WHICH TAKES ACCOUNT OF ALL THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE IN MIND CONTINUED STABILITY AND PROSPERITY FOR THE WHOLE OF HONS KONG, AT LEAST FOR THE PERIOD THAT I HAVE IN MIND, AND, IN SEEKING THOSE OBJECTIVES, OUR PURPOSE IS TO GET AGREEMENT ON THE WAY OF ACHIEVING THAT. I THINK THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO HAVE IN MIND THROUGHOUT THESE NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE IF WE ACHIEVE THAT THEN WE ACHIEVE THE CONCLUSIONS THAT WE WANT, A CONTINUATION OF HONG KONG'S WAY OF LIFE, A CONTINUATION OF THE LEGAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HELP MAKE UP THAT WAY OF LIFE, IN THAT WAY WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD DO THE BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN TO ACHIEVE THE RESULTS THAT EVERYONE WOULD LIKE IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
04.
A.
Q5,
R.:
DIANA LEE - INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, WASHINGTON POST AND ECONOMIST
SHOULD THE HONG KONG PEOPLE EXPRESS THE VIEW THAT THE AGREEMENT WAS PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE, WHAT
ALL THE FOREIGN BFFİDE 09 THENY.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE 50 ANXIOUS TO CONTINUE AND EXTEND THE PROCESS OF CONSULTATION WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKING PLACE THROUGH THE METHODS I HAVE DESCRIBED, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS FULL AND EFFECTIVE, IS TO ENSURE THAT, AS WE APPROACH THE FINAL STAGES OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS, WE DO SO HAVING FULLY IN MIND THE VIEWS OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, THE LIKELY VIEWS OF PARLIAMENT, SO THAT WE SHALL REACH AN AGREEMENT, IF WE ARE
ABLE TO DO SO, THAT WE CAN CONFIDENTLY COMMEND
TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AND TO PARLIAMENT.
THAT
MUST BE OUR OBJECTIVE. WE WANT TO REACH A CONCLUSION THAT WE CAN COMMEND AND THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AND PARLIAMENT, WILL REGARD AS ACCEPTABLE.
TA KUNG PAD, LEE WAI HING
DURING YOUR VISIT IN BEIJING YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
TALK WITH CHINESE LEADERS INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN
DENG, PREMIER ZHAD, WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR IMPRESSIONS
OF THOSE CHINESE LEADERS YOU HAVE MET, AND IN
WHAT WAY YOU FEEL THE CHINESE LEADERS ARE SINCERE TO SOLVE THE 1997 ISSUE, WITH THE AIM OF MAINTAIN THE STABILITY
AND PROSPERITY FOR HONG KONG?
AGAIN, IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT FOR ME TO GIVE IMPRESSIONS
OF PERSONALITIES, ANY MORE THAN IT WOULD BE RIGHT
FOR ME TO GIVE IMPRESSIONS OR DESCRIPTIONS OF
THE SUBSTANCE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, BUT ALL MY MEETINGS IN PEKING WERE VERY BUSINESS-LIKE, CONDUCTED IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE DIRECTED TO TRYING TO SECURE AGREEMENT OF THE KIND WE BOTH WANT AND THE THING THAT IMPRESSED ME MOST WAS THE JOINT DETERMINATION TO TRY TO REACH THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Q6.
RADIO HONG KONG, NICK BEACROFT
IT IS A TWO SIDED QUESTION. ONE IS: HOW EXACTLY
ARE YOU GOING TO TEST THE OPINION OF HONG KONG PEOPLE? AND, IF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE REJECT YOUR AGREEMENT, WHAT WILL YOU DO THEN?
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