1992-12-04 19:00 COMMS OFFICE (GOVT HOUSE)
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BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG, IS THAT THE POLITICISATION OF TRADE
THAT IT IS IN THE INTERESTS OF IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, DAMAGING.
HONG KONG TO HAVE THE FREEST MOST OPEN TRADe between THE UNITED STATES
AND CHINA, THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT TRADE FRICTION WOULD DO OTHER
THAN UNDERMINE GROWTH, DESTROY JOBS AND PUT UP PRICES.
ARGUMENT THAT I WILL BE PUTTING AND I WILL BE TRYING TO APPLY THE
THAT'S AN
NEW US ADMINISTRATIUN.
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IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT,
IMPORTANT,
WP CAN REST CO-ORDINATE OUR ACTIVITIES.
WHEN WE PUT THOSE ARGUMENTS IN WASHINGTON
AND ELSEWHERE, THAT WE HAVE AS MUCH CREDIBILITY AS FOGGEBLE.
70 a hf ADOUTMENT την WOULD RE NEGLIGENT OF ME IF I
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A PLAN
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WTSTHAVING THINKING OF THE STRUCTURE.
YOUR PROPŪŠAL IS A
BAN
KTIS TAU TO MA BECOME EFFECTIVE AFTER
PLAN WHICH MAY BE BEAUTIFUL TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT IT LACKS STRUCTURE,
THE STRUCTURE DEING IND DASIC
1997. AND I THINK THAT YOU HAVE NOT EMPHASISED THIS POINT TỶ BŪTÄ THE
PEUPLE OF HONG KONG AND TO THE WESTERN COMMUNITY
EXISTENCE OF THE BASIC LAW. OF COURSE, YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOUR
PROPOSALS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIC LAW.
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IF IT IS SO, THEN THERE
IS NO PROBLEM OF CONVERGENCE. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, GOVERNMENT
MEMBERS IN THIS COUNCIL HAVE VOTED AGAINST AN AMENDMENT TO MISS CHRISTINE LOH'S MOTION WHICH BROUGHT IN THE ELEMENT OF CONVERGENCE. IN OTHER WORDS, GOVERNMENT BY ITS VOTE, HAS INDICATED THAT CONVERGENCE IS NOT AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT.
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GOVERNOR: I'D BE DELIGHTED TO CLARIFY THAT
HONOURABLE MEMBERS WILL EXCUSE ME IF I DO THIS CLARIFICATION IF THE HONOURABLE MEMBER WILL TELL ME WHERE MY PROPOSALS
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BREACH THE BASIC LAW.
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