FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1992
MR PATTEN SAID HONG KONG "AS A CONTRACTING PARTY AND LIVING EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE GATT STANDS FOR" WOULD PLAY ITS PART IN PUSHING FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION TO THE ROUND.
TURNING TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE, THE GOVERNOR SAID AS PART OF THE INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE, HE HAD NADE "MODEST PROPOSALS" FOR CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT MORE PEOPLE COULD PARTICIPATE PUBLIC LIFE.
"THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH THE PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY WANT'
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I HAVE SAID IT IN PEKING, CANADA AND LONDON. NOW I SAY IT JAPAN, I STAND READY TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS WITH ANYONE, ANY TIME AND ANYWHERE, MR PATTEN SAID.
THE GOVERNOR MADE THREE POINTS.
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HE SAID WITH A MORE PROSPEROUS AND BETTER EDUCATED PUBLIC, WOULD NOT BE HELPFUL TO POLITICAL STABILITY IN HONG KONG TO SPEND NEXT FIVE YEARS RESISTING EVERY PRESSURE FOR A SLIGHTLY GREATER MEASURE OF PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT.
"WHAT MAKES HONG KONG SO SPECIAL J.S THE COMBINATION OF ITS ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND ITS OPENNESS AND TOLERANCE AS A SOCIETY
ITS WAY OF LIFE."
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MR PATTEN SAID: "WE MUST ENSURE THAT OUR WAY OF RULE OF LAW ARE MAINTAINED THAT IS THE BEST WAY OF PROSPERITY AND THE CONFIDENCE OF INVESTORS IN OUR FUTURE",
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THE THIRD POINT MADE BY THE GOVERNOR WAS THAT THE CONCEPT "WE ARE SEEKING TO IMPLEMENT IS ONE COUNTRY: TWO SYSTEMS
THAT MEANS WHAT IT SAYS. ONE COUNTRY - TWO (NOT ONE-AND-A-BIT) SYSTEMS".
AS FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, MR PATTEN SAID THIS WAS MOVING AHEAD, "BUT WE ARE NOT GOING IT ALONE".
"WE ARE COMMITTED 100 PER CENT TO IMPLEMENTING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
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"WE WILL LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED IN OUR EFFORTS TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH CHINA ON THE OVERALL FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS, MR PATTEN SAID,
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HE ADDED THAT THE JAPANESE COULD BE PROUD OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THREE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AIRPORT-RELATED PROJECTS THE TSING MA BRIDGE, THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE, AND HE HOPED THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AIRPORT SITE PREPARATION CONTRACT.
ANSWERING QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE SPEECH, MR REITERATED HIS OPPOSITION TO DOING AWAY WITH THE LINK BETWEEN AND U.S. DOLLARS.
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