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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1993
GOVERNOR HOPES ELECTION TALKS OUTCOME ACCEPTED TO HK
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HE VERY MUCH HOPED THAT AFTER THE TALKS ON THE 1994/95 ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN PURSUED PATIENTLY AND CONSTRUCTIVELY, THERE WOULD BE A SETTLEMENT WHICH WOULD BE FULLY DEBATED IN HONG KONG AND ACCEPTED TO HONG KONG.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE GOVERNMENT'S CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT CENTRE ON TSING YI ISLAND, MR PATTEN SAID: "THAT'S MY ASPIRATION AND THAT'S MR GOODLAD'S AS WELL.
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ASKED TO COMMENT ON MR GOODLAD'S REMARKS LAST NIGHT AFTER HIS MEETING WITH LEGCO, THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS A RESTATEMENT OF WHAT HAD BEEN SAID ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
"THERE ARE TWO POINTS THAT I THINK EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF," MR PATTEN SAID.
"FIRST AS I'VE SAID ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS AND THE BRITISH MINISTER HAS SAID ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, I CAN'T CONCEIVE THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH WE WOULD ACCEPT A SETTLEMENT THAT WE DIDN'T THINK WAS ACCEPTABLE TO HONG KONG AND WE DIDN'T THINK WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
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"SECONDLY, ANY AGREEMENT THAT WE REACH WITH CHINA WILL HAVE BE TRANSLATED INTO LEGISLATION IN ORDER TO SRT IN PLACE THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1994/95 AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL OF COURSE HAVE A FULL OPPORTUNITY OF DEBATING THAT LEGISLATION LINE BY LINE."
"I THINK WHAT MR GOODLAD WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION, HE ADDED.
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"BUT AS I'VE SAID ALREADY, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WE WOULD ΤΟ PUT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PROPOSALS THAT WE DIDN'T THINK THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WOULD ACCEPT.
"BUT THE POSITION UNDER THE CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS IN HONG IS ENTIRELY CLEAR WHEN IT COMES то LEGISLATION. I THINK LEGISLATORS THEMSELVES WOULD BE AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES."
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