7.
Later coverage has been woven in with Lord Wilson's
visit to the UK. Stories stressed the need for Mr Patten to
handle the Sino-British relationship carefully (SCMP front page headline "Patten warned on China") Lord Wilson also
rebutted speculation on the creation of a deputy Governor
post but speculation continues on other restructuring of the
HK Administration (eg enhancing the job of Political Adviser
and challenging the "existing tiers" in Government House).
8.
Separately, on Lord Wilson's trip, there has been coverage that he will meet Mr Goodlad. This has been
thoroughly eclipsed in most newspapers, but was the front page lead in the Wen Hui Po.
9.
Later editorials have been a little more measured in
tone. Most call on Mr Patten to study Hong Kong's situation carefully, and take care to ensure Hong Kong's prosperity and stability (the phrase is well ingrained in Chinese
some papers have added the "freedom" but not all).
should seek to avoid potential sources of conflict.
He
10. The Sunday Standard warned Mr Patten against trying to be "too Chinese" and Danny Gittings in the Sunday Post noted that both Mr Patten and Mr Goodlad were going to have
enormous cultural problems.
11. Finally, the left wing, pro-Peking press joined in the general acclaim following the announcement saying it showed
the importance the Conservatives attached to Sino-British
relations. In their later editorials, both Wen Wei Po and
Ta Kung Pao noted that any problems which may occurr between
China and Hong Kong should be dealt with on the basis of the
Joint Declaration and the Basic Law. Freedom was not
incompatible with the implementation of those documents. However, if freedom meant championing anti-China forces and