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19 JANUARY 1993

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TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTEP

GIVEN BY THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, MR DOUGLAS HURD,

IN LONDON

ON TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 1993

Pm 777

FOREIGN SECRETARY:

We had a very useful meeting between the Prime Minister and the

CRC delegation. We showed them our interest in reaching

agreement, that the Governor's proposals were proposals and that

they fall to be discussed by the people of Hong Kong in LEGCO, but

also we are perfectly willing to discuss them with Chiná, as we

have always said.

QUESTION:

Is the British government wishing to make amendments to those

proposals?

FOREIGN SECRETARY:

There are different ways in which a discussion can take place,

there may well be amendments come forward during the LEGCO

discussion, that is one way, but there are other ways in which we

can hold a discussion with China if the Chinese are willing, I do

not think that will be a great obstacle.