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TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1992
MR PATTEN SAID NO COMMUNITY HAD CARRIED THROUGH SO MANY MAJOR PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ON TIME, UNDER THE BUDGET AND MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN HONG KONG.
THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG ONLY HAS ONE AIM, AND THAT [S TO BUILD THE BEST POSSIBLE AIRPORT FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE PRICE.
"MY BOTTOM-LINE 18 TO GET AN AIRPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AT THE BEST PRICE, WITH ALL ITS ASSOCIATED PROJECTS. AND THAT, I REPEAT, IS THE TOTALITY OF MY POSITION ON THAT EVER-INTERESTING TOPIC, HE ADDED.
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MR PATTEN SAID THE RULE OF LAW WAS THE THIRD PRINCIPLE: "A GOOD HONEST PUBLIC SERVICE, AND A VIGOROUS AND RIGOROUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST CORRUPTION, ARE ALL ESSENTIAL TO HONG KONG'S CONTINUING PROSPERITY."
HE SAID CORRUPTION WOULD BE HUNTED-OUT WHEREVER IT HAPPENS: "THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE WHAT HAPPENS IN HONG KONG, AND WE SHALL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GUARANTEE THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE THE POSITION IN HONG KONG FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.“
THE GOVERNOR SAID THE FOURTH PRINCIPLE WAS THAT WHILE IT WAS TRUE THAT OUR STABILITY AND PROSPERITY HELPED TO SUSTAIN OUR WAY OF LIFE, IT WAS ALSO TRUE THAT OUR WAY OF LIFE HELPED
US ΤΟ SUSTAIN STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
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ON THE SMOOTH TRANSITION IN 1997, HE SAID: "WE HAVE TO BE ABLE DEMONSTRATE AS WE BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT IN THE NEXT YEARS, THAT IT IS PERFECTLY POSSIBLE ΤΟ HAVE AN ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT WHICH IS ALSO STRONG, DECISIVE AND EFFECTIVE."
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"I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL DIALOGUE WILL TAKE THAT POINT TO HEART, IT PLACES RESPONSIBILITY ALL OF US.
"WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CONVINCE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS SENSIBLE AND EFFECTIVE AND FAIR. AND IF WE CAN ACHIEVE BOTH OF THOSE OBJECTIVES, THEN I BELIEVE, VERY STRONGLY, THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONVINCE OTHERS IN FOR EXAMPLE, PEKING AND LONDON THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN HONG KONG CAN CONTINUE SMOOTHLY AND UNINTERRUPTED THROUGH 1997 HE SAID.
GOOD CHINA.
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ON THE FINAL POINT, MR PATTEN SAID: "WE WANT, ALL OF US WANT, A TRUSTING CO-OPERATIVE CANDID RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND
"THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG WANTS, AND I ASSUME THAT IS WHAT CHINA WANTS AS WELL. MUCH IS GOING TO REST ON OUR RELATIONSHIP, MUCH IS GOING TO REST ON OUR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
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