WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993
GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING ISLANDS DISTRICT
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IN
FACE IN NEEDS OF OUR WITH PEOPLE'S
VERY
TO THE ISLANDS GOVERNOR: THIS IS THE SECOND VISIT THAT I'VE PAID DISTRICT. I'VE ENJOYED THIS ONE AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED THE LAST. I THINK FIRST COMING TO THIS PART OF HONG KONG ONE'S REMINDED OF TWO THINGS. OF ALL IS THE EXTRAORDINARY VARIETY AND BEAUTY OF OUR ENVIRONMENT HERE OF HONG KONG. SECONDLY, I THINK ONE IS INEVITABLY REMINDED OF ONE THE BIG DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THAT IS HOW WE CAN RECONCILE THE BCONOMY AND THE NEED TO GO ON DEVELOPING OUR ECONOMY VERY STRONG FEELING THAT WE SHOULD PRESERVE AS MUCH OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. I THINK THAT IS BROUGHT HOME IN SHARP BELIEF HERE IN DISCOVERY BAY WHICH IS A WONDERFUL NEW COMMUNITY FULL OF YOUNG FAMILIES ENJOYING THIS SPECTACULAR ENVIRONMENT OF LANTAO
THE
OF WORRY
FUTURE PORT ON THEM ABOUT BUT OBVIOUSLY
A SOPHISTICATED DEVELOPMENT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WHICH
THBM GROWING COMMUNITY AND ECONOMY HAVE TO FACE AND WILL HAVE TO FACE
PROPER DIALOGUE WITHIN THE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS BY ENSURING A COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT SORT OF PLACE WE WANT TO PLEASED TO BE HERE AGAIN AND I KNOW THAT NONE OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION YOU WANT TO ASK. SO
IMPACT
BE. So, I'VR BEEN
HAS REPEATEDLY
QUESTION: GOVERNOR, IN RECENT DAYS, THE CHINESE SIDE ACCUSED YOU OF BEING VERY DISHONEST AND WHAT THEY SAY IS LAUGHABLE AND OF TALKS ZHANG JUNSHENG SAID THAT IF THE CONTENTS OF THE 17TH ROUND
MAN. IS THE WERE REVEALED, IT WOULD SHOW YOU AS A VERY DISHONEST BRITISH SIDE PREPARED TO REVEAL THE CONTENTS OF THE PAST 17 ROUNDS AND WITH SECONDLY, GIVEN THAT NOTHING WILL COME OUT OF THE RELATIONSHIP AS IT IS NOW, CAN SINO-BRITISH TRUST REALLY BE SALVAGED?
JLG AND AND CO-OPERATION
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