THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1992
GOVERNOR PLEASED WITH LEGCO DISCUSSIONS
THE
GOVERNOR,
THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, PLEASED THAT THE PROPOSALS FOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS SO CONSTRUCTIVELY YESTERDAY BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
SAID HE WAS WERE DISCUSSED
IN
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER LAYING A WREATH AT THE CENOTAPH
MR VANCOUVER THIS MORNING (HK TIME),
PATTEN SAID KE THOUGHT THAT THE DEBATE WOULD CONTINUE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LATER.
"BUT I REPEAT THAT IF OTHERS HAVE GOT POSITIVE
PROPOSALS WHICH THEY WANT TO PUT FORWARD AS AN DETAILED THEY SHOULD DO SO," HE SAID.
MR I THINK,
PROPOSALS, ALTERNATIVE
PATTEN SAID: IT GENERALLY
REACTION TO THE DEBATE, ASKED ABOUT CHINA'S "CHINA WILL NOTE THAT AMONG THE CRITERIA WHICH, ACCEPTED FOR ANY FUTURE PROPOSAL ARE THAT THEY SHOULD BE NOT ONLY FAIR
BUT AND OPEN
AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG
KONG,
MATTERS
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IS ONE OF THE WAYS IN IN DISCOVERS WHETHER THINGS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG."
DEBATING WHICH ONE
COMMENTING ON HIS TRIP TO CANADA, MR PATTEN SAID IT WAS HONG KONG HE SHOULD GO TO THE FESTIVAL THE INTENTION THAT CANADA, ADDING THAT HE WOULD BE TAKING PART IN THE GALA DINNER MARKED THE END OF THE FESTIVAL.
ALWAYS
92
IN
WHICH
THAT
AND
WE
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HE
"SO I'M REALLY HERE AS A GESTURE OF FRIENDSHIP AND I KNOW BEING
CANADA, IN
I'M TALKING TO FRIENDS AND MEETING FRIENDS HOPE TO DO SO MANY TIMES DURING THE FIVE YEARS OF MY GOVERNORSHIP, ADDED.
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GOVERNOR ARRIVES VANCOUVER
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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, ARRIVED
LEG OF HIS THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING (HK TIME) ON THE FIRST VISIT IN CANADA.
VANCOUVER FOUR-DAY
BY THE HON HE WAS MET AT THE VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
CANADA; MR KIM CAMPBELL, MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA; BERNIE SIMPSON, MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVF ASSEMBLY
MR MR JAMES SO, SECRETARY OF PECREATION AND CULTURE OF HONG KONG; AND
WHO CAME SPECIALLY FROM JOHN HIGGINBOTHAM, COMMISSIONER OF CANADA, HONG KONG A DAY AGO TO GREET THE GOVERNOR.
THAT AIRPORT
HE HOPED THIS MR PATTEN TOLD REPORTERS AT THE TRIP TO VANCOUVER, OTTAWA AND TORONTO WOULD HELP TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE LINKS BETWEEN CANADA AND HONG KONG, AND HE WAS LOOKING PART IN THE
VANCOUVER
GALA DINNER
CLOSING OF FESTIVAL HONG KONG 92.
THIS
EVENING
WHICH
то TAKING MARKS
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