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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1993
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QUESTION: MR PATTEN, YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT THE BRITISH SIDE IS GOING TO PRESS FOR TALKS, BUT THE CHINESE SIDE HAVE ALREADY STATED CLEARLY THEIR POSITION, SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? ARE YOU WAITING FOR CHINESE SIDE OFFICIALLY REFUSING TO GO ON FOR TALKS?
THE
GOVERNOR: I'VE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I DON'T THINK I CAN ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT I'VE SAID ALREADY. WE ARE PREPARED TO LEGISLATION. GO ON TALKING UNTIL WE HAVE TO INTRODUCE THE REST OF THE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT WE'VE BEEN PREPARED TO CUT THINGS PRETTY FINE IN ORDER TO GIVE OURSELVES A BIT MORE TIME TO TALK. ONE MORE, AS I 'VE ANSWERED THAT.
QUESTION: CHINA IS BLAMING YOU FOR THE BREAKDOWN YOU CARE WHAT THE CHINESE SAYS AT THIS STAGE?
OF
NEGOTIATIONS.DO
THE
GOVERNOR: I THINK THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHO WAS ASKING FOR TALKS IN
ALAS, FIRST PLACE, WHO VERY PATIENTLY SAT THERE FOR 17 ROUNDS WHILE, NOT VERY MUCH PROGRESS WAS MADE DESPITE OUR CONDITIONAL CONCESSIONS. I
ON THINK THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHO'S NOW SAYING THAT WE LIKE TO GO
I TALKING, PERFECTLY PREPARED TO GO ON TALKING. THE COMMUNITY IS, AS NOTED EARLIER, IN AN OPINION POLL, 60 PERCENT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT TABLING THE PARTIAL BILL SHOULDN'T MEAN THAT THE TALKS ARE CALLED OFF. THAT'S MY VIEW. WE TABLED THE BILL IN ORDER TO GIVE OURSELVES A BIT MORE TIME FOR TALKS. SO, I AM NOT GOING TO ENGAGE TODAY ANY MORE I HAD IN THE PAST IN RHETORIC. WE ARE GOING ABOUT OUR CALMLY. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL START TO CONSIDER THE AND AS FOR OTHER THINGS, WE SEE THIS MORNING AND HONG PREPARING CHEERFULLY
TURMOIL-FREE STABLE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED.
FOR A HAPPY,
THAN
BUSINESS VERY BILL NOW KONG PEOPLE
CHRISTMAS.
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GOVT SPARES NO EFFORT IN DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT: RS
* * * *
THE GOVERNMENT
HAS SPARED
KOWLOON,
EFFORT IN PLANNING FOR THE SECRETARY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT, THE REGIONAL
MISS CHRISTINE AND
THIS (FRIDAY) HONG KONG EVENING.
NO
CHOW,
SAID
NEEDS
PO DISTRICT THE
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SHAM SHUT
A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT FESTIVAL, MISS CHOW NOTED THAT SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS.
MISS CHOW SAID NOTING THAT SHAM SHUI PO IS AN OLD URBAN AREA, RESIDENTS MIGHT FACE A NUMBER OF COMPLEX PROBLEMS IN THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
MANY YEARS SHE SAID SHAM SHUI PO HAD HOWEVER A FACELIFT AFTER
HOUSING ESTATES AND OF DEVELOPMENT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS BUILT PUBLIC
IMPROVED HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME BLOCKS, REDEVELOPED PRIVATE BUILDINGS, SEWERAGE SYSTEM, AND LAUNCHED THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION.
SINGERS.
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW BY
THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FESTIVAL WILL LAST FOR 38 DAYS JANUARY 23 NEXT YEAR.
POPULAR
UNTIL
OTHER
ACTIVITIES
INCLUDE VARIETY
SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS,
CONCERTS, SPORTS PHOTO
A
CONTEST,
COMPETITIONS, CANTONESE OPERA SHOWS, FIGHT CRIME CARNIVAL AND A CIVIC EDUCATION CARNIVAL.
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