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Speech by His Excellency the Governor The Rt Hon Christopher Patten
at the Opening Ceremony of the
51st Zonta International
Biennial Convention
on Sunday 19 July 1992
President Ms Forde, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am delighted to be here this
evening to welcome you all to the 51st
Zonta International Biennial Convention.
2.
This is an evening of firsts :
it is my first opening ceremony
as Governor of Hong Kong;
it
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the first time I have ever
addressed the Zontians; and
it is
the first
convention
Zontians have ever held in Hong
Kong, indeed the first in Asia.
3.
chose
Hong Kong is honoured that you
Us to host this special convention.
You have, if I may say so, chosen well.
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