FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1993
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ON HIS POLITICAL, REFORM, HE SAID: "THE ARGUMENT THAT WE'RE HAVING AT THE MOMENT WITH CHINA AND THE ARGUMENT WHICH I HOPE PASSIONATELY THAT WE WILL RESOLVE THROUGH THE TALKS THAT HAVE BEGUN WITH THE PRC, ISN'T ABOUT THE PACE OF THAT DEMOCRATISATION.'
"IT'S
DEMOCRATISATION
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ABOUT
CREDIBILITY OF THAT THE
THE ARGUMENT WE ARE HAVING IS ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LAST ELECTIONS ON THE BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY IN 1995; ARRANGEMENTS WHICH HAD NOT BEEN AGREED BEFORE THE 28TH BRITISH GOVERNOR ARRIVED IN HONG LAST JULY, MK PATTEN SAID.
KONG
BEFORE THE LUNCHEON, THE GOVERNOR HELD A PRIVATE MEETING WITH MR HENRY KISSINGER, FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE.
NEW
FOLLOWING THE LUNCHEON, MR PATTEN VISITED THE FLOOR OF THE YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY CHAIRMAN WILLIAM
DONALDSON.
OF THE
THE GOVERNOR ALSO ATTENDED AN EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING WALL STREET JOURNAL AND ATTENDED A DINNER IN HIS HONOUR HOSTED BY BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL MR ALISTAIR HUNTER.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPRECH WILL BE FAXED LATER.
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CIVIL SERVANTS WORKING ENTHUSIASTICALLY
THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THERE COULD BE NO QUESTION OF HONG KONG CIVIL SERVANTS CARRYING OUT THEIR DUTIES LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTICALLY IN THE RUN UP TO 1997.
"OUR LOYALTY IS VERY CLEAR. IT IS TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND ΤΟ THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG UP UNTIL 1997, HE STRESSED.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT IT HAD LONG BEEN THE CIVIL SERVICE'S TRADITION TO CARRY OUT ITS DUTIES ENTHUSIASTICALLY, AND FOR POLICY SECRETARIES TO EXPLAIN AND TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT POLICIES, ENDORSED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
'IF THEY WERE TO DO THEM LESS THAN
ENTHUSIASTICALLY,
OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD NOT BE DOING THEIR JOBS PROPERLY.'
THEN
RESPONDING TO A QUESTION ON THE DUTY OF SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS, SIR DAVID SAID IF THERE WERE TO BE VRILED THREATS AGAINST CIVIL SERVANTS FOR DOING THEIR JOBS TOO ENTHUSIASTICALLY "THAT WILL CERTAINLY UNDERMINE THE STABILITY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE WHICH CANNOT BE GOOD FOR HONG KONG.
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/SIR DAVID