LOFTLE HELPE
JAMES LEE
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FOREIGN SECRETARY
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DOORSTEP INTERVI EN 7 OCTOBER 1992
GATNICK AIRPORT
FOREIGN SECRETARY:
Well very sensibly, he didn't respond because as you say, it is
quite complicated and he needed time to think about it so we will
have to see. I expect there are things there that they don't
like; there are things there which probably they will say should
be altered.
Chris Patten will go there to discuss it with them as we promised to do but he will go there knowing that he has our full support in
pressing ahead with greater democracy in Hong Kong but of a kind which could fit within the Basic Law which the Chinese have passed
and which could therefore and we believe should therefore continue
on what is called the
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'through train" through 1997.
INTERVIEWER:
He is a much more political governor, as you say.
One of the
things he is introducing is a sort of "Governor's Question Time".
FOREIGN SECRETARY:
He likes to be up and about. We know him well here. He likes to
be up and about. He has been doing a huge amount of direct
contact with people in Hong Kong. I went on a walkabout with him
in July it was a very inspiring experience and he enjoys that and I think part of that same process is putting himself in direct touch with the Legislative Council while keeping EXCO - the
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Executive Council
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moving out of that people who have specific
political allegiance.
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