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FOR SINGAPORE, PLEASE PASS TO MR. PATTEN.
MR. PATTEN'S PRESS CONFERENCES: PRESS/MEDIA COVERAGE IN HONG KONG.
SUMMARY
1. MR. PATTEN'S 4 JULY GENERAL PRESS CONFERENCE WAS CARRIED LIVE HERE ON TV AND RADIO. HIS REMARKS ON DEFENDING HONG KONG'S INTERESTS, RELATIONS WITH CHINA, THE NEW AIRPORT AND THE ROLE OF EXCO HAVE RECEIVED EXTENSIVE NEWS AND COMMENT COVERAGE ON 5 AND 6 JULY
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2. MR. PATTEN'S GENERAL PRESS CONFERENCE ON 4 JULY (AS DISTINCT FROM THE EARLIER EVENT FOR HONG KONG JOURNALISTS) WAS CARRIED LIVE HERE ON BOTH RADIO AND TELEVISION. EDITED TRANSCRIPTS
APPEARED IN NEWSPAPERS THE FOLLOWING DAY ALONG WITH EXTENSIVE
NEWS REPORTS OF ONE ASPECT OR ANOTHER OF MR. PATTEN'S REMARKS.
THIS VERY FULL COVERAGE HAS CONTINUED ON 6 JULY IN THE FORM OF
ANALYSIS AND COMMENT ARTICLES.
3. THE COVERAGE HAS FOCUSED ON FOUR MAIN ISSUES:
(A) MR. PATTEN'S REMARKS ABOUT DEFENDING HONG KONG'S INTERESTS
AND MAINTAINING PROSPERITY AND
(B) RELATIONS WITH CHINA:
STABILITY:
(C) THE NEED FOR THE RIGHT RATHER THAN A QUICK SOLUTION TO THE
AIRPORT IMPASSE:
AND
(D) HIS EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EXECUTIVE-LED GOVERNMENT
AND THE NEED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND COLLECTIVE
RESPONSIBILITY IN EXCO.
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