WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1991
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HK IS VERY WORTHWHILE PLACE TO SERVE: GOVERNOR
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT HE WILL GO ON SERVING HONG KONG AS LONG AS HE IS ASKED TO, AND AS LONG AS HE FEELS HE CAN DO A GOOD JOB, BECAUSE THIS JOB MATTERS ENORMOUSLY.
TO HIM
SAID.
"I THINK HONG KONG IS A VERY WORTHWHILE
PLACE," SIR DAVID
DISTRICT, HE
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER A VISIT TO THE NORTH SAID HE WAS AMUSED BY RECENT SPECULATION ABOUT HIS FUTURE: "I THINK LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN WRITING A LOT OF ARTICLES ABOUT IT.'
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THE GOVERNOR SAID HIS OWN FUTURE WAS NOT IN HIS OWN HANDS, THE APPOINTMENT WAS BY THE QUEEN'S PLEASURE WHICH MEANT ON THE ADVICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER. "SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG I SHALL SERVE IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
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ASKED IF HE WISHED TO SERVE UNTIL 1997, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "I'M HERE NOT SURE. I'VE SAID IN THE PAST THAT I THINK FOR SOMEONE TO STAY FOR AS LONG AS 10 YEARS IS A VERY LONG TIME.
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POSSIBLY THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE GOVERNOR, HISTORY ONE,
SIR
ABOUT 10 YEARS, ALEXANDER GRANTHAM WAS HERE FOR JUST IT'S A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. SO I DON'T MYSELF EXPECT TO BE HERE THAT LONG, BUT THAT IS NOT IN MY OWN HANDS.
TURNING TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS, SIR DAVID SAID OR NOT THEY WERE IT WAS THE
FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW WHETHER CHANCE INTERESTED IN ELECTIONS.
THEN SUNDAY.
THEY ARE TOMORROW AND ON
"AND IF THEY ARE INTERESTED AS I BELIEVE AND HOPE I HOPE
NUMBERS THEY WILL TURN OUT IN LARGE
ABOUT THE
"I HOPE THEY WILL TURN OUT EARLY BECAUSE IF THE NUMBERS ÅRE ON SORT OF LEVELS PREDICTED, THERE COULD BE QUITE A SQUASH EVENING TIME," HE SAID.
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ASKED IF HE WOULD CONSIDER APPOINTING DIRECTLY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD NOT MAKE THESE DECISIONS UNTIL A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ELECTIONS.
AFTER THE
WE HAVE THE "BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH EXCO 19 MAKE SURE
NEED AN RIGHT SORT OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXCO AND LEGCO. SO YOU NEED EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WHICH FOLLOWS THE RULES OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, WHICH IS THAT THEY OPERATE AS A COLLECTIVE BODY TAKING DECISIONS, THAT EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON THERE IS CONFIDENTIAL.
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