FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1993
ECONOMIC ISSUES AND POLITICS SHOULD BE KEPT SEPARATE
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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY SENSIBLE NOT TO ALLOW DISAGREEMENTS OVER POLITICAL MATTERS FROM TIME TO TIME TO AFFECT LIVELIHOOD ISSUES.
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISABLED PEOPLE, MR PATTEN
AGREED WITH PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO KEEP TRADE AND ECONOMIC ISSUES AND POLITICS SEPARATE.
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"THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER HE WAS SAYING THE OTHER DAY PRESIDENT CLINTON, AND IT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I SAID TO PRESIDENT WHEN I SAW HIM IN MAY," HE SAID.
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"AND IT'S, OF COURSE, WHAT A NUMBER OF SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS HAVE SAID IN SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP TO HONG KONG.
THE GOVERNOR SAID IT COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE IN ANYONE'S INTEREST IN CHINA TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
"WE'LL GO ON WORKING FOR THE WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG, BOTH IN ECONOMIC TERMS AND IN TERMS OF SAFEGUARDING OUR VALUES," HE ADDED.
"THE TWO, IN OUR JUDGMENT, ARE CLOSELY RELATED.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON REMARKS BY DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE CHINESE STATE COUNCIL, MR LU PING, MR PATTEN SAID:
"OUR OBJECTIVE AS YOU KNOW, OVER THESE YEARS, IS TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SAFEGUARD THE JOINT DECLARATION, WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR HONG KONG'S LONG-TERM PROSPERITY AND STABILITY,"
HE SAID HONG KONG WANTED TO ENSURE THAT IT COULD MAKE A REALITY OP CONCEPTS LIKE "HONG KONG PEOPLE RUNNING HONG KONG", OF CONCEPTS LIKE "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS".
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THAT INVOLVES US IN STANDING FIRM FOR THE RULE OF LAW. I VERY HOPE THAT WE CAN DO SO IN THE MAXIMUM CO-OPERATION WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS, HE SAID.
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ASKED ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BILL ON ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS TO LEGCO, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WE CAN BRING THE BILL TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WITH THE MAXIMUM SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I VERY MUCH HOPE WITH THE MAXIMUM BY OUR CHINESE COLLEAGUES."
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