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ALTHOUGH THE PLANS FOR OUR FUTURE HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY LAID AND A GREAT DEAL HAS BEEN ACHIEVED TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG CONTINUES TO FLOURISH FOR MANY YEARS TO COME, THERE ARE OF COURSE MANY PROBLEMS WHICH STILL REMAIN TO BE TACKLED. THERE IS ALSO SOME UNDERLYING UNCERTAINTY PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS 1997. IT WOULD BE SURPRISING IF IT WERE NOT SO, FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE ARE NATURALLY SOMEWHAT APPREHENSIVE ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.
SIR, THE COMMUNITY WILL LOOK TO YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGH THESE NEXT FIVE VITAL YEARS AND IT HAS HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF ITS GOVERNOR AND ITS GOVERNMENT. BUT I HOPE IT MAY BE OF SOME COMFORT TO YOU THAT IN ALL YOU DO YOU WILL HAVE THE TOTAL, AND LOYAL SUPPORT OF A DEDICATED CIVIL SERVICE.
THE GOVERNORSHIP OF HONG KONG NEVER HAS BEEN AN EASY JOB AND YOUR PERIOD IN OFFICE WILL HAVE THE ADDED DIMENSION OF COINCIDING WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT PERIOD IN HONG KONG'S HISTORY. YOUR HIGH REPUTATION PRECEDES YOU. WE BELIEVE WE FORTUNATE THAT YOU ARE TO BE OUR GOVERNOR AND WE WARMLY TO HONG KONG.
BUT, SIR, ARE INDEED WELCOME YOU
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WELCOMING SPEECH GIVEN BY
THE RT HON BARONESS DUNN, DBE, LLD, JP
AT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOR HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN AT THE CITY HALL ON 9 JULY 1992
YOUR EXCELLENCY, MRS PATTEN,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
AND
WE WELCOME TODAY THE NEW GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG. THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS GREET YOU, SIR, MRS PATTEN
THE MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY MOST HEARTILY. A WELLKNOWN WRITER DESCRIBED MR A LEADING JOURNAL IN THESE WORDS: "HIS WHOLE TRAINING
PATTEN IN AND IN POLITICS HAS BEEN TO GAIN A QUICK BUT SOUND GRASP OF NEW
EXPERIENCE TO USE SPECIALIST ADVICE SENSIBLY AND TO BRING BASIC COMMON
SUBJECTS, THE NECESSARY
SENSE ΤΟ DECISIONS
HE COMBINES OPEN-MINDEDNESS POLITICAL DECISIVENESS.
WITH WHAT HE ENJOYS, AND IS GOOD CONCILIATING
IS DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND PUTTING VIGOROUS ACTION." THESE, SIR, ARE PRECISELY THE QUALITIES WE
A CONSENSUS INTO OUR GOVERNOR AS WE ENTER THE FINAL PHASE OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD.
NEED IN OFFER YOU OUR RESPECT AND SUPPORT, AND LOOK FORWARD
WE ΤΟ YOU FOR THE GOOD GOVERNMENT OF THIS TERRITORY.
WORKING WITH
AT.
/THE TOMO