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IS THERE STILL A BRITISH
GEOFF CUTMORE (ATV):
COMMITMENT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DIRECTLY-ELECTED SEATS TO LEGCO, PARTICULARLY IN THE LIGHT OF STIFF CHINESE OPPOSITION TO ANY GREATER PACE OF DEMOCRACY?
FOREIGN SECRETARY:
WHAT WE'VE SAID, REPEATEDLY, IS THAT WE WILL DISCUSS WITH THE CHINESE, THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1995, AND IN PARTICULAR THIS QUESTION OF THE NUMBER OF DIRECTLY-ELECTED SEATS, BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONTINUITY - THE THROUGH-TRAIN WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WE DECIDE FOR 1995 CARRIED THROUGH AFTER 1997. NOW THIS IS PART OF THE GENERAL REVIEW WHICH THE GOVERNOR IS MAKING OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HONG KONG'S CONSTITUTIONAL LIFE. YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY YOU'VE HEARD HIM SAY
THAT HE IS LISTENING, HE'S STUDYING, AND THAT IT WILL NOT BE VERY LONG BEFORE REACHES CONCLUSIONS, SHARES THEM WITH US, AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS NECESSARY WITH PEKING.
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VIVIEN CHAN (HK UNITED DAILY NEWS): MR HURD, THE CHINESE SIDE ALREADY CRITICISED (THE FACT THAT) THE CALLABLE EQUITY WENT BEYOND THE MOU
THIS CURRENT MOU - BUT YESTERDAY AT THE AIRPORT YOU STILL MENTIONED THAT THE FINANCIAL DISPUTES WILL BE SOLVED ACCORDING TO THE MOU. HOW CAN THIS BE DONE?
FOREIGN SECRETARY:
WELL, I WOULDN'T PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO BACKGROUND MUSIC. WHENEVER THERE'S A NEGOTIATION ON THIS KIND OF MATTER THERE TENDS TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REPORTS IN THE PRESS, COMMENTS IN THE PRESS, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT. WHAT COUNTS 18 THE DISCUSSION. THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ON THIS OUTSTANDING FINANCIAL MATTER IN PEKING, THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS HERE AIRPORT COMMITTEE, THERE IS A FURTHER MEETING OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE THIS WEEK. I HOPE VERY MUCH UNDER OUR PROPOSALS AND COUNTER-PROPOSALS ON THIS MATTER WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MOU. THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO TACKLE IT AND I HOPE VERY MUCH THAT IT CAN BE SOLVED IN THAT WAY.
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