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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1991
QUESTION: YES.
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SIR DAVID: I THINK IF HE FEELS THAT THERE IS ONE SINGLE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG, HE'D MAKE A MISTAKE BECAUSE THERE ARE A MASS
QUESTION: YES, SO WHAT'S THE MAJOR PROBLEM?
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SIR DAVID: WELL I THINK YOU HAVE GOT TO REMEMBER THE WHOLE TIME THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE GOT TO BE DEALT WITH AND TO CONCENTRATE ON ONE SINGLE THING WOULD BE A MISTAKE. THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA IS VERY IMPORTANT; MANAGING THE ADMINISTRATION, KEEPING UP MORALE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS 1997 IS VERY IMPORTANT; HANDLING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXECUTIVE, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND THE LEGISLATURE, LEGCO, THAT GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT; BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATION, ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. AND, THE LAST POINT, GOING AROUND THE WORLD AND EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE THAT THIS PLACE IS NOT ON ITS LAST LEGS, THAT IT IS A VERY DYNAMIC PLACE, THAT IT IS A PLACE WELL WORTHWHILE INVESTING IN AND TRADING WITH, THAT IS IMPORTANT TOO. NOW ANYBODY WHO PICKS ONE OF THOSE AND ONLY DOES ONE, WOULD BE WRONG, WOULDN'T THEY? IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP ALL OF THESE THINGS IN VIEW.
QUESTION: SIR DAVID, ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE, HAVE YOU HAD TIME TO THINK WHAT HIGHER AND BETTER THINGS YOU WOULD BE GOING TO AFTER HONG KONG
SIR DAVID: I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME TO THINK. THE ONE POINT I WOULD MAKE ON THAT IS ONE WHICH I'VE ALWAYS MADE, AND I MADE BEFORE I CAME HERE, WHICH IS I WOULD NOT WISH TO GO ON ΤΟ DO SOME OTHER DIPLOMATIC JOB. I DON'T WISH TO, I DON'T EXPECT TO - GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, FOR ME IS THE HEIGHT OF MY OFFICIAL CAREER SO I SHALL HAVE ΤΟ FIND SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO DO BUT WHAT IT WILL BE I HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT, AND I DOUBT VERY MUCH WHETHER I SHALL BE THINKING MUCH ABOUT IT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS I SHALL BE FAR TOO BUSY HERE.
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QUESTION: WILL YOU GO TO OXFORD?
SIR DAVID: THAT I SIMPLY DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SHALL DO. I AM GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON WORKING IN HONG KONG FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
GOVERNOR PLEDGES TO BUILD FOR LONGER TERM FUTURE
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON:
"AS WE LOOK BACK AT THIS PAST YEAR WE CAN SEE THAT HONG KONG MADE SOLID PROGRESS DURING 1991. AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN LOOK FORWARD IN 1992 TO MAINTAINING OUR RECORD OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
/OUR ECONOMIC
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