1 -
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1985
PEOPLE ANXIOUS TO SEE RESULTS
***
-
GOVERNOR
PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WERE UNDERSTANDABLY ANXIOUS TO SEE RESULTS AND TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR OWN EFFORTS AND THEIR OWN IDEAS TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THOSE RESULTS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS EVENING.
REFERRING TO THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT AGREEMENT, SIR EDWARD SAID ALSO THAT DURING THE LAST YEAR MUCH GOOD PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AND THE LAND COMMISSION, AND MUCH WORK REMAINED TO BE DONE.
+ BUT BOTH GOVERNMENTS HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO MAKE THE CONTINUED EFFORT WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED,+ SIR EDWARD SAID.
SIR EDWARD WAS SPEAKING AT A DINNER HOSTED BY STATE COUNCILLOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL, MR JI PENGFEI.
MR JI, SIR EDWARD SAID, WOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEK TO HEAR THE VIEWS OF MANY PEOPLE AND TO SEE WHAT WAS BEING DONE IN THIS DYNAMIC AND VIBRANT CITY+.
SIR EDWARD THEN REFERRED TO THE CONFIDENCE EXPRESSED BY PRIME MINISTER, MRS MARGARET THATCHER, AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE JOINT AGREEMENT IN PEKING ON DECEMBER 19 LAST YEAR, THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG +WILL MAKE HONG KONG AN EVEN MORE FLOURISHING PLACE THAN IT IS TODAY, AND ADDED: +1 TRUST THAT WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN AND HEARD OVER THE LAST TEN DAYS HAVE CONVINCED YOU THAT HONG KONG IS RISING TO THAT CHALLENGE.+
SIR EDWARD SAID THAT MR JI'S VISIT TO HONG KONG HAD BEEN +MORE THAN WELCOME+, AND THAT IT WAS +A REASSURING SIGN THAT THOSE, LIKE YOURSELF, WHO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FORMULATION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON HONG KONG WISH TO GAIN FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE OF THIS REMARKABLE PLACE.+
+YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A WELCOME VISITOR TO HONG KONG, AS WILL YOUR COLLEAGUES, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
SIR EDWARD THEN PROPOSED A TOAST TO THE HEALTH OF MR JI, ALL COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS PRESENT, THE SUCCESS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND A STABLE AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE IN HONG KONG.
/2