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FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1993
LADY THATCHER:
HE WILL BE IN HONG KONG FOR SEVERAL YEARS
YET
THE
AND THAT IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE AND A GREAT HONOUR, AND TO BRING TO CONCLUSION THIS GREAT PERIOD OF HONG KONG HISTORY AND SEE IT CAREFULLY INTO THE NEXT PERIOD WILL BE A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT WHICH CAN ONLY BE DONE BY A PERSON OF GREAT TALENT, ABILITY AND POLITICAL SKILL. HE'S TERRIFIC. HAVE YOU GOT THE MESSAGE?
QUESTION:
MR PATTEN, YOUR PROPOSALS ARE WELL PRAISED BY LADY THATCHER IN THE INTERVIEW TO OUR DAILY NEWS TODAY.
LADY THATCHER, DO YOU THINK THAT THE PATTEN PROPOSALS SHOULD BE THE BASIS OF THE STARTING POINT OF TALKS IN THE THIRD ROUND OF TALKS FOR CONSULTATION?
GOVERNOR:
PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN
COUPLE OF
WELL. I THINK AS YOU KNOW, THAT THE WHICH I ANNOUNCED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST OCTOBER WIDELY DISCUSSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND ON A OCCASIONS ENDORSED; THEY HAVE BEEN WIDELY DISCUSSED IN THE COMMUNITY; SO INEVITABLY THEY ARE PART OF OUR THINKING AS WE TAKE PART IN THESE TALKS. A NUMBER OF OTHER PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD ELSEWHERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD, I HOPE, DURING THE TALKS TO HEARING SOME PROPOSALS FROM OUR CHINESE COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
QUESTION:
LADY THATCHER, HAVE YOU BEEN INVITED TO BEIJING BY MR ZHOU NAN AND IF SO, ARE YOU GOING TO ACCEPT? AND WOULD CONSIDER PERHAPS HELPING TO SORT OUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS?
LADY THATCHER:
YOU
WE GAVE A SMALL PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER MY VIST TO MR ZHOU NAN WHOM I HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE WE WERE BOTH INVOLVED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION. WHAT WE SAID THEN REPRESENTED OUR VIEWS. I HAVE NOT BREN INVITED SPECIFICALLY ΤΟ BEIJING BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT A VISIT WOULD BE WELCOMED THERE WHEN I AM ABLE TO MAKE
ONE.
GOV BRNOR:
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH INDEED.
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GOVERNOR AND LADY THATCHER TOUR EASTERN DISTRICT
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AND THE VISITING BARONESS THATCHER OF KESTEVEN, TOURED FASTERN DISTRICT THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
THEIR FIRST STOP WAS A KINDERGARTEN IN HING FAT STREET WHERE THEY WATCHED CHILDREN AT PLAY. THE SCHOOL ADOPTS AN ACTIVITY APPROACH THAT ENCOURAGES PUPILS TO LEARN THROUGH GAMES.
LATER THEY WENT TO CITYPLAZA IN TAI KOO SHING BY MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, AND TOURED A DEPARTMENT STORE.
CITYPLAZA IS THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL AND
ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX
ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
AT TIN HAU TEMPLE IN SHAU RET WAN MAIN CHATTED WITH LOCAL FISHERMEN.
STREET EAST, THEY
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