SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1993
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IN THE
HONG MADE.
DECISIONS ARK IS. THAT'S
GOVERNOR: NOT REMOTELY. THE BODY WHICH, OF COURSE, IS ROOTED COMMUNITY HERE IN HONG KONG, VOTED FOR BY THE COMMUNITY HERE IN KONG IS THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THAT IS WHERE OUR LAWS ARE THAT IS WHERE OUR LAWS ARE REPEALED. THAT'S WHERE THE TAKEN ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND OUR TAX SYSTEM. THAT'S HOW IT HOW IT'S GUARANTEED TO BE UNDER THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THAT'S THE BASIC LAW SAYS IT SHOULD BE. SO, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THE HEART OF OUR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS. ONE MORE.
WHAT
REMAINS
ARE
CHINA WITH
QUESTION: MR PATTEN, WOULD YOU MIND JUST COMMENTING ON WEDNESDAY, YOU DETERMINED NOW TO PRESS AHEAD DESPITE THE THREAT IN YOUR OWN, TABLING YOUR OWN LEGISLATION?
GOVERNOR:
WE PUBLISHED LEGISLATIVE
WE'VE SAID VERY CALMLY WHAT OUR POSITION IS. OUR BILL ON FRIDAY. WE'LL BE INTRODUCING IT INTO THE
GIVE OURSELVES COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY. WE ARE DOING THAT IN ORDER TO
THE CONTROVERSIAL MORE TIME AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE TO TALK ABOUT
FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES ISSUES, BY THE ELECTION COMMITTEE AND THE
WE NEED AND THE THROUGH TRAIN. WE'VE MADE IT ABSOLUTELY PLAIN THAT
TIME FOR THIS PARTIAL LEGISLATION IN ORDER TO GIVE OURSELVES MORE THOSE OTHER MATTERS. WE WANT TO GO ON NEGOTIATING AT THE TABLE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THE TABLE. TALKING, AS YOU'D EXCUSE THE PHRASE, BETTER THAN WALKING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS
PING SHAN HERITAGE TRAIL OPENS
* *
AND PAST.
VISITORS TO THE PING SHAN HERITAGE TRAIL IN YUEN LONG CAN UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MONUMENTS OF
SER HONG KONG'S
THE
TRAIL WAS OPENED BY PATTEN, TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON
CHRISTOPHER
THE
ANCESTRAL
HALLS,
INTO
STUDY ROOMS AND TEMPLES
PROVIDE CLANS, THAT THIS TRAIL LINKS TOGETHER,
THE CULTURE AND LIFE OF INSIGHT
THE COMMUNITIES," HE SAID.
OF A GOOD CHINESE
THE
DEAL
VILLAGE
TANG OF
TRUST,
THE
ANTIQUITIES
HE THANKED THE LORD WILSON HERITAGE ADVISORY BOARD AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROJECT.
OF "GIVEN LORD WILSON'S GREAT PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE HISTORY
ONE ΤΟ THE NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGES, THIS PROJECT IS A MOST FITTING MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE LORD WILSON HERITAGE TRUST," HE SAID.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES 80, SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN A BOLD STEP IN THE 1970'S TO ENACT THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE AND TO SET THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE.
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