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PARA 23. THE REMARKS ABOUT PRIORITY FOR SOCIAL WELFARE AND EDUCATION POLICIES IS AMBIGUOUS. THE WORD QUOTE HIGH UNQUOTE MIGHT BE INSERTED. I ALSO WONDER ABOUT THE WISDOM OF INCLUDING A REFERENCE TO MR. PATTEN'S LEGCO ADDRESS. THIS WILL RAISE EXPECTATIONS THAT MAJOR NEW SOCIAL PROGRAMMES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN IT:
PARA 23. IT IS VERY MUCH A PERSONAL PREFERENCE, BUT I FIND THE TERM QUOTE MY GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE GRATES. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. SOMETHING LIKE QUOTE I INTEND THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ... UNQUOTE WOULD DEAL WITH THIS. THE QUOTE WE UNQUOTE IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH SIMILARLY HAS AN ODD RING AND MIGHT BE REWORDED IN A SIMILAR WAY.
PARA 24.
THE REFERENCE TO LAW AND ORDER WILL NO DOUBT GO DOWN WELL. BETTER THOUGH IN THE THIRD SENTENCE TO PUT FAMILIES BEFORE BUSINESSES.
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PARA 26. I THINK IT IS RIGHT TO DEAL WITH MIS- UNDERSTANDINGS AND LACK OF TRUST WHICH HAVE BEDEVILLED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA. BUT THE REFERENCE TO LYDIA DUNN'S SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS (PARA 26) MAY OBSCURE THE MESSAGE. ALTHOUGH THE PASSAGE QUOTED IN THE SPEECH RAISES NO PROBLEMS IN ITSELF, REFERRING TO IT MAY BE TAKEN HERE AS AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE COMMENTS ON THE PACE OF DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT THAT LYDIA DUNN ALSO MADE. NOT SURPRISINGLY, THEY WERE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL AND JUMPED ON BY ALL THE GROUPS WITH DIFFERENT VIEWS.
IF MR. PATTEN WANTS TO REFER TO LYDIA DUNN, HE COULD DO SO AT THE START OF THE SPEECH, BY THANKING HER FOR THE SPEECH OF WELCOME SHE WILL HAVE MADE.
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