FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1992
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GOVERNOR WANTS CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE
ΤΟ
ON
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID
THURSDAY (VANCOUVER TIME) THAT HE WANTED
HAVE A "CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE" 1995 WITH PEKING BASED ON THE CRITERIA WHICH HE HAD LAID DOWN FOR THE ELECTIONS.
PEKING "WHOLLY
THE ACCEPT"
CRITERIA.
IN HE SAID OFFICIALS "THOSE YARDSTICKS ARE THAT THE ELECTIONS' ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE FAIR, SHOULD BE OPEN, AND SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO PEOPLE OF HONG KONG."
AT MR PATTEN TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE HIS DEPARTURE TO OTTAWA FOR THE SECOND LEG OF HIS CANADA.
VANCOUVER HOTEL BEFORE FOUR-DAY VISIT IN
"INCLUDES
"THE ACCEPTABILITY TO ΤΟ ACCEPTABILITY PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
THE PEOPLE OF HONG
HE KONG," THE LEGISLATURE WHICH REPRESENTS
SAID,
THE
HIS IDEAS ON THE IN CONCRETE AND
OTHER IN HONG KONG
1995 I WAS PROPOSALS
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HAD PUT FORWARD ELECTIONS AS "PROPOSALS". "THEY WEREN'T SET PREPARED TO DISCUSS, AND SEE DISCUSSED AT THE END OF THE DAY."
PROPOSALS
RATHER
THAN JUST
"I STILL THINK THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE PUT FORWARD CRITICISMS," MR PATTEN SAID.
TO
FOR HELPFUL
PUT
PEOPLE FORWARD BLANKET
BE
HE SAID THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG "DESERVES TO
"THROUGH ADDRESSED CONSTRUCTIVELY"
THE EXCHANGE OF PROPOSALS RATHER THAN THE EXCHANGE OF ADJECTIVES.
M
CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE
"WHAT I AM CONCERNED TO DO IS TO HAVE A WITHIN THE CRITERIA THAT I HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER," THE GOVERNOR SAID, "AND
THINK
AND
THE BEST WAY OF DISCUSSION
CONSULTATION I PROCEEDING RATHER THAN ANY OTHER WAY."
IS
THE ONES PUT FORWARD
"SO FAR THE ONLY PROPOSALS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE ARE
BUT IF OTHERS WANT ΤΟ THAT I HAVE PUT ON THE TABLE, PROPOSALS, I THINK THAT WILL BE WIDELY WELCOMED," HE SAID.
"HOW CAN YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION UNLESS THERE THE TABLE?"
RESIST
EVERY
THE BEST WAY OF
MODEST
HONG KONG ANBITION OF A SLIGHTLY
ARE PROPOSALS ON
SECURING POLITICAL OVER THE NEXT
AN
FEW
INCREASINGLY GREATER SHARE IN
THAT "I DON'T BELIEVE STABILITY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IN YEARS IS ΤΟ PROSPEROUS, WELL EDUCATED PEOPLE, FOR
"
DETERMINING THEIR OWN FUTURE, MR PATTEN CONCLUDED.
EARLIER IN THE DAY THE GOVERNOR
COLUMBIA, THE
HON
MICHAEL
HARCOURT,
MET
THE PREMTER
OF
BRITISH
AND
WITH DISCUSSED AND HONG KONG,
HIM
THE
AND
THE
ECONOMIC AND TRADE LINKS BETWEEN VANCOUVER VIEWS THAT HE HAD PUT FORWARD ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT,
/HE ALSO