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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1044
OF 01130OZ JULY 92
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MDHOAN 6680
SECTION ONE OF TWO.
STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM PS/MR PATTEN
PEKING PERSONAL FOR HMA
UKREP JLG PERSONAL FOR SENIOR REP
MIPT: INAUGURATION SPEECH BY THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF INAUGURATION SPEECH:
BEGINS
TW.
1. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND TO BARONESS DUNN FOR THEIR KIND AND ELOQUENT WORDS. THEY ARE AN EMINENT TRIO, THREE OF HONG KONG'S GREATEST MOT SERVANTS.
EMINENT I GREATLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM, AND TO THEIR WISE COUNSELS.
WITH
2. I AM GREATLY HONOURED TODAY TO ACOUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNORSHIP OF HONG KONG ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST
CITIES,
3. HONG KONG HAS BEEN MADE GREAT NOT BY THE ACCIDENTS OF GEOGRAPHY BUT BY ITS MOST FORMIDABLE ASSETS, THE ENTERPRISE, THE ENERGY, THE VITALITY AND THE INDUSTRY OF ITS PEOPLE, LIVING, WORKING AND PROSPERING WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF SOUND ADMINISTRATION AND THE RULE OF LAW.
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YOU THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, HAVE CREATED HERE AT THE HEART OF ASIA, A WONDER OF THE WORLD, ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR EXAMPLES OF THE VIRTUES OF A FREE ECONOMY KNOWN TO MAN.
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NOW THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FACE A FURTHER TASK. I AM PRIVILEGED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS. OUR TASK FOR THE FUTURE IS AS MOMENTOUS AS YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PAST. IT IS A TASK THAT WILL REQUIRE ALL THE QUALITIES YOU HAVE
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