TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1991
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SIR DAVID: I DON'T BELIEVE SO MYSELF. OF COURSE I CAN'T LOOK INTO THE MINDS OF OTHER PEOPLE BUT I WOULD BE EXTREMELY SURPRISED IF THAT WAS THE SORT OF REASONING. I DO BELIEVE, MYSELF, THAT IT IS VERY
A ESTABLISH
GOOD WORKING IMPORTANT FOR HONG HONG THAT WE SHOULD RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA WE'VE GOT TO. THERE IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE ASPECT OF OF SOVEREIGNTY IN 1997; CHINA MATTERS IMMENSELY TO EVERY
HAVE GOT HONG KONG'S LIFE AND HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND I DO BELIEVE WE TO HAVE A GOOD SENSIBLE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA, AND I AM SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO COMES HERE AS GOVERNOR WOULD HAVE THE SAME VIEW.
QUESTION: DO YOU THINK THAT THE EVENTS OF JUNE 4TH HAVE AT CHANGED THE KIND OF JOB THAT THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG HAS TO DO?
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SIR DAVID: I DON'T THINK I WOULD PICK ON ONE SINGLE CHANGING THE JOB. I DO BELIEVE THAT HONG KONG HAS CHANGED
THE 4TH WAS A VERY OVER. LET'S SAY THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND JUNE TRAUMATIC EVENT FOR ALL OF US BUT IT IS NOT JUST ONE SINGLE EVENT THAT CHANGES HONG KONG. WHAT HAS CHANGED IS THAT IT HAS BECOME MUCH PROSPEROUS - WE ARE MORE PROSPEROUS PER HEAD OF POPULATION THAN
A DYNAMIC PLACES IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THAT IS A HUGE CHANGE.
ARE ECONOMY JUST LOOK ROUND FROM MY STUDY AT ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT GOING UP THAT HAS CHANGED, THE FUTURE, THE FACT THAT THERE IS GOING THE LAST TEN TO BE A CHANGE OF SOVEREIGNTY, THAT HAS CHANGED OVER
ON JUNE YEARS, THE CHINA DIMENSION HAS CHANGED - 80 I WOULDN'T PICK THE 4TH EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT PERIOD TO HANDLE IN HONG KONG FOR EVERYBODY. I WOULDN'T PICK ON THAT SINGLE EVENT BUT I WOULD TIME AND THEREFORE THE SAY THAT HONG KONG IS CHANGING THE WHOLE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG, THE SORT OF ROLE FOR A GOVERNOR, THAT
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ALWAYS CHANGING.
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QUESTION: SIR DAVID, IT HAS BEEN AN EVENTFUL FIVE THERE ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WITH HINDSIGHT?
THAT IS
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YEARS, 19 DIFFERENTLY,
TO ANSWER
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SIR DAVID: IT IS ALWAYS A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER WANT TO SUGGEST THAT EVERYTHING THAT I
CASE PERFECT IT WOULD BE EXTRAORDINARY IF THAT WAS THE LOOKING BACK ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHAT REALLY STRIKES ME IS THAT HONG FIVE YEARS, KONG HAS BEEN FACED WITH TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS OVER THOSE
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QUITE EXTRAORDINARY ONES, AND YET NOT ONLY HAVE WE SURVIVED THEM, HAVE COME THROUGH THEM EXTRAORDINARILY WELL; AND THIS PLACE IS GROWING FAST, THE ECONOMY IS DOING WELL, PEOPLE'S LIVING IS BETTER, WE AIRPORT ARE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE - LIKE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, THE AND SO ON. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING HONG KONG CAN BE PROUD OF, IT IS HAS NOT ME ALONE, BUT I AM PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT HONG KONG ACHIEVED DURING THAT PERIOD.
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OF YOUR THE QUESTION GO BACK TO SIR DAVID, QUESTION: SUCCESSOR, AS YOU HAVE MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE A GENERAL ELECTION AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE LABOUR PARTY WILL GET POWER; HAVE JUST INTERVIEWED THE LABOUR PARTY SPOKESMAN GEORGE FOULKES AND HE SAID IF LABOUR GET INTO POWER THEY WILL APPOINT A LABOUR GUY TO BE THE
SPEED
OF UP THE MAYBE
PHASING NEW
AND THEY WILL GOVERNOR
DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA FOR DEMOCRATISATION IN HONG KONG. HONG KONG TO HAVE SUCH CHANGE?
/SIR DAVID: