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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1993
GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FESTIVAL
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WILL
I GOVERNOR: IT IS AN IMPORTANT FESTIVAL AND AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE AND
LISTEN TO HOPE THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE IN HONG KONG WHAT'S BEING SAID AND SUNG THIS MORNING AND REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF
US MAKING A ALL OF
CONTRIBUTION TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR ENVIRONMENT.
QUESTION: HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE THE HONG KONG AND MACAU OFFICE'S THREATS WILL AFFECT HONG KONG?
THAT
THEY'D
IT'S
WAR
PARTIAL
GOVERNOR: I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS VERY HELPFUL IF WE GET INTO A
KONG OF WORDS. I DON'T HONESTLY THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG
CALMLY WANT. WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO IS TO DISCUSS MATTERS COOLLY AND
CAN'T REACH AND TRY WHERE POSSIBLE TO REACH AGREEMENT AND WHERE WE
MANAGE. OBVIOUSLY, CARRY ON IN A CIVILISED WAY AS WE CAN AGREEMENT,
ΤΟ REACH SINCE OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO CONTINUE THE TALKS AND TRY
WANT TO AGREEMENT ON THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN THE TALKS, I DON'T
HAVE TAKEN GET DEEPLY INVOLVED IN DETAILS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT
IS NOT IT
NOW. FAR. PLACE SO
THERE MAY COME A TIME FOR THAT BUT
MAKE HOWEVER, THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I THINK I SHOULD
OFFICE PUT ABOUT THE STATEMENT THAT THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OUT.
THE FIRST IS THIS. THAT IT 18, TO PUT IN MILDLY, A VERY
AS ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED. IT IS PERFECTLY TRUE THAT WE LOOKED
WHAT I THOUGH WE WERE MAKING PROGRESS IN THE 15TH ROUND AND THAT IS
THINGS UNFORTUNATELY, WAS ABLE TO REPORT TO THE CABINET COMMITTEE.
AWAY FROM THE WENT BACKWARD AFTER THAT AND THE CHINESE SIDE MOVED TAKEN
SAD BUT OUR POSITION
IN THE 15TH ROUND. AWAY AND
PEOPLE A LOT OF
ASKED OPTIMISM DRAINED
THEMSELVES QUESTION WHY THINGS WERE SAID IN THE 15TH ROUND WHICH WERE THEN AWAY IN THE 16TH AND 17TH ROUNDS OR CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE SECOND THING WHICH I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I DO FIND IT VERY SEE WHAT'S SAID ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ROLE IN THAT BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT WITH BRITISH SOVEREIGN NOW, IN THE FUTURE, IT'S STILL THE CASE THAT WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS A LEGISLATURE TO WHICH THE
RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBLE AND A LEGISLATURE WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY
BILLS, ENACTING
FOR
NOT ENACTING LEGISLATION
LEAST OUR ARRANGEMENTS. SO, THE SIMPLE MESSAGE IS THIS THAT NEITHER BEFORE NOR AFTER 1997 CAN THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE HAVE A RUBBER STAMP LEGISLATURE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT HONG KONG WANT AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS WHAT ANYONE SHOULD I REPEAT, I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WE WON'T HAVE WARS OF WON'T HAVE ABUSE THAT WE'LL HAVE SIMPLE EFFORT AND ON BOTH SIDES TO REACH AGREEMENT IF THAT IS POSSIBLE.
THE TAKEN
SURPRISING TO
STATEMENT CHINA SOVEREIGN UNDER OUR PRESENT EXECUTIVE IS FOR
ELECTORAL 1997
EXPECT TO PEOPLE IN WANT. BUT WORDS THAT WE A SINCERE EFFORT
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