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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1993

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DR CONRAD LAM (THROUGH INTERPRETER): MR PRESIDENT, A QUESTION FOR GOVERNOR. HONG KONG PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR LIVELIHOOD.

CONSTITUTIONAL WORRIED THAT SHOULD THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH CANNOT REALLY RESUME TALKS OR BE ON HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP.

GOVERNMENT THAT AFFECT THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND

WOULD 19977

OTHER PROJECTS STRADDLING

ASPECTS KONG? TO PREVENT

WILL THEY DELIBERATELY MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT IN THOSE AND THEREFORE AFFECT THE LIVELIHOOD AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN HONG SO ARE THERE ANY MEASURES THAT YOU HAVE IN THE PIPELINE SUCH THINGS FROM HAPPENING?

GOVERNOR: AS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT MADE PLAIN SECRETARY'S BUDGET THE OTHER DAY, WE WANT TO SEE GREATER INVESTMENT IN IN THE FINANCIAL THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF HONG KONG AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF HONG KONG, BECAUSE IN

IN THE SOCIAL AND PROVIDES THE BEST BASIS FOR THE CONTINUING STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF OUR JUDGMENT THAT THIS TERRITORY, THE BEST BASIS FOR CONTINUING THE WHICH IS HONG KONG. I DON'T THINK THAT ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE OR MIRACLE THAT WE HAVE SAID HAS IN ANY WAY UNDERMINED THE PROSPECTS OF A FUTURE WITH STRONGER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.

ECONOMIC

BETTER

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NOT

HONOURABLE MEMBERS WILL RECALL WHAT THE BAR COUNCIL HAD TO ABOUT WHAT OTHERS HAD SAID AND DONE ABOUT MATTERS AFFECTING INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG. OTHERS WILL RECALL WHAT THE BAR COUNCIL SAID ABOUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH THOSE REMARKS HAD VIOLATED THE JOINT DECLARATION THE BASIC LAW, NOT REMARKS MADE BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, REMARKS MADE BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL REMEMBER THAT BEFORE 1997 AND AFTER THE RESUMPTION SOVEREIGNTY IN 1997, OUR PRINCIPAL CONCERN MUST BE THE WELL-BEING

OF CHINESE ORDINARY FAMILIES AND ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS IN HONG KONG, AND I WANT TO SEE ANYBODY PLAYING POLITICS WITH THAT.

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OF DON'T

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LAU CHIN-SUBR THROUGH INTERPRETER): THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT, THE GOVERNOR TELL US THIS. JUST SUPPOSE TALKS CANNOT HOW DOES THE GOVERNMENT PLAN TO PREPARE FOR THE 94/95 ELECTIÓN, WHAT BE REOPENED, WILL BE THE TIMETABLE FOR IT? IN THE CASE WHERE TALKS ARE REOPENED, HOW CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE TALKS CAN YIELD RESULTS BEFORE JULY THAT YOU CAN LEGISLATE TO PREPARE FOR THE 94/95 ELECTION?

So

LEGISLATIVE I HAVE A AS I AFTER

GOVERNOR: IF THERE ARE NO TALKS, THEN IN DUE COURSE THIS COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE FUT TO IT. GREAT DEAL OF FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN THIS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. SAID LAST WEEK, NO RUBBER-STAMP, AS I DISCOVER WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY,

HAVE GREAT FAITH IN THIS COUNCIL TO PRODUCE PROPOSALS, TO AGREE PROPOSALS, WHICH WILL BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE OF HONG KONG BECAUSE I THINK THIS COUNCIL IS IN VERY CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE MOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND UNDERSTANDS THEIR ASPIRATIONS AND UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SECURE THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY OF THIS COUNCIL COME TO SENSIBLE, BALANCED, MODERATE, MODEST DECISIONS ABOUT THE

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