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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1993
ITONG
HUNDREDS.
MEMBERS
HONG KONG AND WHEN
STUDENTS,
NOW,
OF
AS
I
I GO
MOST OF MY SENIOR ADVISERS, MOST OF THE SENIOR OF THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE NOW, WENT TO UNIVERSITY IN ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT I WENT TO UNIVERSITY IN BRITAIN, THEY WENT TO UNIVERSITY, YOU COULD COUNT THE NUMBER OF
IN
KONG, VIRTUALLY UNDERGRADUATES,
IN CHANCELLOR OF ALL, THE TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG,
ARE SO MANY STUDENTS GO TO DEGREE AWARDING CEREMONIES AND THERE
BLOCKS. GETTING DEGREES THAT THEY HAVE TO STAND UP IN GREAT ROUND A BLOCK OF FLATS AND GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES AND I AM STRUCK BY PICTURE HOW OFTEN • YOU MUST HAVE BEEN AS WELL - HOW OFTEN THERE'S A OF A SON OR A GRAND-DAUGHTER, OR A BROTHER OR SISTER, WITH A CAP AND A HONG GOWN. THAT'S A PROUD MOMENT FOR EVERY FAMILY, AND IT'S GOOD FOR
IN KONG.
THE BETTER EDUCATED WE ARE, THE MORE COMPETITIVE WE WILL BE
AGE-GROUP 18-21 THE WORLD. AT THE MOMENT, FIFTEEN PER CENT OF THE
OUT OF CAN GO ON TO TERTIARY EDUCATION. AT THE MOMENT, ABOUT FOUR
EDUCATION. I FIVE OF THOSE WHO ARE QUALIFIED CAN GO INTO TERTIARY
GO WANT EVERYBODY WHO IS QUALIFIED TO BE ABLE TO
THEN AND
F EDUCATION,
WANT TO TRY TO WORK TO QUALIFIED TO GO ON TO TERTIARY EDUCATION BECAUSE AS INDIVIDUALS DESERVE THAT, AND AS A SOCIETY, AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED THAT.
ON то GET MORE
TERTIARY
PEOPLE THEY
MR PATTEN, MY QUESTION IS NOT TOO LONG AND IT'S NOT TOO
QUESTION:
SHORT.
GOVERNOR:
QUESTION:
THAT SOUNDS OMINOUS.
THAT REPORT
YOU
CONSTITUTIONAL YOU BELIEVE THAT I ADMIRE YOUR BRING
TO
DOWN AND
MR PATTEN, I LEARNT FROM THE PRESS SAID: IF THERE IS NO DEAL BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN, THEN YOU WILL GO
YOUR INTRODUCE IT ALONE TO THE LEGCO AND YOU WILL PACKAGE ΤΟ LEGCO AND GET IT INTO IMPLEMENTATION. CHINA WILL NOT OVERTHROW IT AFTER 1997. FOR THIS, BOLDNESS AND YOUR DETERMINATION, BUT MAY I QUOTE YOU AND MAY I UF AN EXAMPLE. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS A TENANT WHO BUILDS A WALL
AND HE BELIEVES BLOCK THE DOOR, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER, THAT WHEN THE OWNER TAKES OVER THE HOUSE AGAIN HE WILL NOT TEAR THE WALL. NOW, MAY I ASK YOU, IF THERE IS NO DEAL BETWEEN CHINA BRITAIN, BASED ON WHAT ARGUMENTS DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WILL
TEAR NOT
DOWN
YOUR THE WALL? IF THERE IS
AGREEMENT, NO CHINESE
IT WILL CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE WILL NOT GO BEYOND 1997. THAT MEANS
DO THE ONLY SURVIVE FOR TWO YEARS. IN THIS CASE, WHAT GOOD WILL IT
HONG KONG TO PEOPLE
YOU HAVE ASKED THE PEOPLE OF OF HONG KONG?
MAY I ASK YOU, MR SUPPORT YOU ALL THE WAY, TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY.
KONG, PATTEN, AFTER 1997, WHEN YOU ARE NO LONGER THE GOVERNOR OF HONG WILL YOU STAY IN HONG KONG AS AN ORDINARY CITIZEN TO JOIN IN OUR FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY?
GOVERNOR:
PEKING,
THE NOW, IN
THE
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I'M NOT SURE HOW POPULAR THAT WOULD MAKE ME IN
KONG, HONG WERE I ΤΟ DO SO. WHAT I SAID EARLIER WAS THAT IN GOVERNMENT COULDN'T GO FURTHER THAN THE PEOPLE WISH IT TO GO. THE FIRST OPINION POLL THAT WAS DONE AFTER MY SPEECH YESTERDAY PINDINGS WERE QUITE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF POLLS RIGHT ACROSS YEAR. SIXTY-EIGHT PER CENT OF THOSE WHO WERE QUESTIONED SUPPORTED THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, PER CENT SAID THEY WERE AGAINST IT. THAT WAS QUITE A LARGE MAJORITY.
THE LAST SAID THEY NINETEEN
/BUT LET