FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1993
KONG. THAT
ALL
ARE
THEM
AN
IN
GOVERNOR:
WELL, CHARGES ABOUT SINCERITY OR LACK OF SINCERITY PART OF THE RHETORIC OF THE NONA AND I THINK I'D LIKE TO LEAVE THERE. ALL I WILL SAY IS THAT WE ARE SINCERE IN TRYING TO SECURE
WE OUTCOME.
PROGRESS WANT TO SEE PROGRESS BUT WE WANT TO SEE
THAT THINK ACCOMPLISHES THE TWO OBJECTIVES THAT I'VE MENTIONED AND WHICH I PEOPLE IN HONG KONG FEEL PARTICULARLY STRONGLY ABOUT NOT LEAST BECAUSE HONG OF AN INCIDENT THAT'S TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS HERE IN
I HOPE WE CAN SEE PROGRESS. THERE WAS ANOTHER REMARK MADE
BY THE COMMENTARY
CNA TO THE
WHAT EFFECT THAT
THESE BRITISH DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATES WERE ABOUT WERE AN ATTEMPT TO PROLONG INFLUENCE AFTER 1997. I DO THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE SILLIER CRITICISMS THAT I'VE HEARD. WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO AND I AM SURE THAT WHOEVER WROTE
RECOGNISED THOSE REMARKS FOR THE CNA SHOULD HAVE
IT.
WHAT WE
ACTUALLY ARE
TRYING TO DO IS ΤΟ
THE ENSURE THAT
JOINT DECLARATION IS IMPLEMENTED AFTER 1997 TO THE LETTER AND I HOPE TO THE
TO SPIRIT
DO AS
IT'S GOT NOTHING WELL FOR FIFTY YEARS AFTER 1997.
BRITAIN WITH PROLONGING BRITISH INFLUENCE AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH
INTERESTS OF AND CHINA LIVING UP TO THEIR TREATY OBLIGATIONS IN THE THE WELL-BEING AND PROSPERITY OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
QUESTION:
то DECEMBER
REVISED
POSITION
ΤΟ
DECIDE THE
ARE YOU PREPARED TO WAIT UNTIL WHETHER YOU ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE YOUR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL?
GOVERNOR:
I'VE STUDIOUSLY
-
-
THAT GOES
DESPITE ALL YOUR CHARMING ATTEMPTS TO GET ME TO DO OTHERWISE AVOIDED RINGING DATES IN THE CALENDAR. REMAINS MY OBJECTIVE. BUT AS I'VE SAID TO YOU BEFORE 'TICK-TOCK' THE CLOCK.
QUESTION:
MR PATTEN, THE SAR GOVERNMENT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE THEIR MEETING IN BEIJING. HAVING
DO YOU REGARD THEIR WORK KIND OF INTERFERENCE TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S POLICY?
IS
AS
SOME
NO.
THAT
DECLARATION
WORK
BEFORE
A
GOVERNOR:
THEY HAVE TOLD US ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS
CHINESE OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD US ON A NUMBER THAT ISN'T THE INTENTION. OF OCCASIONS THAT ISN'T THE INTENTION. I DON'T THINK THAT THEIR WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE DISCHARGE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES 1997,
THOUGH I HOPE THAT IT HELPS THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT BEHAVE IN WAY
AFTER WHICH ENSURES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT
WITH 1997.
I DARE SAY THAT THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE WOULD SPEAK
MORE OF EVEN MORE RESONANCE ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IF THEM
FROM THE HAD A MANDATE FROM THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, NOT JUST HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE. BUT THEY ARE OF COURSE DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS, MANY OF THEM, AND I HOPE THAT THEY GIVE GOOD ADVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PRC.
/QUESTION