WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1993
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POLITICAL ARGUMENTS COULD BE RESOLVED: GOVERNOR
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, IS CONFIDENT IN HONG KONG AND WITH GOOD WILL IN LONDON AND PEKING, THE SERIOUS IMPORTANT ARGUMENTS ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT COULD BE RESOLVED IN INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY.
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING WAN CHAJ DISTRICT, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WOULD IN DUE COURSE HAVE то CONSIDER LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS PUT TO IT BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
"I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THAT WILL LEAD TO AN OUTCOME WHICH IS ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYONE," HE SAID.
"THIS IS A POINT I MADE IN MY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. SPEECH LAST OCTOBER, NOT JUST A POINT I MADE YESTERDAY,
"IT WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS TO START ON THIS ARGUMENT HOPING THAT ONE WOULD FINISH UP WITH AN OUTCOME WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HONG KONG, OR TO THE PRESENT OR FUTURE SOVEREIGN POWERS," HE ADDED.
**I THINK THAT EVERYONE OUTSIDE RECOGNISES THAT THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION SECURING HONG KONG'S WAY OF LIFE FOR 50 YEARS AFTER 1997 IS AN ISSUE FOR BRITAIN, CHINA AND HONG KONG.
"AND I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE WANT TO STRAY OVER THAT BOUNDARY LINE HE SAID.
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MR PATTEN REITERATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO SEE THE SERIOUS ARGUMENT, THE SERIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT HONG KONG'S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT CAUGHT UP IN ARGUMENTS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
GOVERNOR VISITS WAN CHAI
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER CHAI TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.
PATTEN, VISITED WAN IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER
ACCOMPANIED BY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR PAUL WONG AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, THE GOVERNOR FIRST VISITED ST JAMES' SETTLEMENT IN STONE NULLAH LANE.
AFTER A BRIEFING ON THE SETTLEMENT'S SERVICES, HE WENT то A DAY-CARE ELDERLY CENTRE AND A SHELTERED WORKSHOP FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
THE GOVERNOR THEN TOURED THE WAN CHAI TEMPORARY MARKET AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE WET GOODS HAWKERS, WHO USED TO TRADE ALONG WAN CHAI ROAD, CAUSING ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS,
BEEN THE MARKET IN APRIL 1991.
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