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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1994
GOVERNOR BEGINS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
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THE GOVERNOR, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ΤΟ AUSTRALIA VISIT FIRST OFFICIAL INVITATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT.
HIS
CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, BEGAN
TODAY
THE
(SUNDAY) AT
19 TAKING IN SYDNEY, THE VISIT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FEBRUARY
MEET BUSINESS LEADERS, CANBERRA AND MELBOURNE. HE WILL
POLITICIANS FOREIGN AND THE
MINISTER, THE PRIME MINISTER MR KEATING INCLUDING
AND DELIVER ENTERPRISES
KEYNOTE EVANS,
HIGH-TECH SENATOR
COMMITTEE FOR THE ADDRESSES TO THE AUSTRALIA-ASIA INSTITUTE AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA (CEDA).
TOUR
IN CANBERRA AND JOINTLY ORGANISED DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE HONG
HE WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB BE THE GUEST SPEAKER AT A MAJOR LUNCHEON IN SYDNEY BY AUSTRADE, THE HONG KONG TRADE KONG/AUSTRALIA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
SPEAKING AT A BRIEFING FOR
HONG KONG JOURNALISTS IN SYDNEY
THIS AFTERNOON, MR PATTEN SAID THERE WERE TWO PARTICULAR REASONS FOR ECONOMIC AND OTHER HIS VISIT - THE PART AUSTRALIA HAS PLAYED IN THE
AND THE GROWING AND VERY DEVELOPMENTS OF THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION.
AUSTRALIA
AND SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC AND TRADING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HONG KONG.
WEEK
WILL
AND
"THE MAIN THRUST OF MY MEETINGS AND PROGRAMME THIS
ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT
FI HE SAID. THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN FURTHER STRENGTHEN IT,
NOW WORTH BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND AUSTRALIA WAS
THE AUSTRALIAN OVER A$4 BILLION (WELL OVER HK$20 BILLION) A YEAR AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
( AUSTCHAM) WAS AT PREGENT NOW THE SECOND LARGEST INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE TERRITORY WITH OVER 1,000 MEMBERS.
IN
ASKED IF HE WAS
HONG
SEEKING
KONG
SUPPORT FROM
THE
AUSTRALIAN
PRIME
"THE SUPPORT KONG. OUR
PATTEN SAID: MINISTER FOR HONG KONG'S DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS, MR PURPOSE OF THIS VISIT AS IN OTHER VISITS IS NOT TO TRY TO WIN FOR OUR EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE JOINT DECLARATION IN HONG FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO DO THAT, THE PURPOSE IS
AND ECONOMIC BILATERAL TO
AND DEVELOP STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS.
THE
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OUR
HE ADDED: "IT IS TRUE THAT AUSTRALIAN
GONE OUT HAVE FOREIGN MINISTER UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENT THE JOINT DECLARATION, MINISTERS AND THE AUSTRALIAN ABOUT POLITICAL
TRADING
OF
DEVELOPMENT
HAS NEVER
GONE BEYOND
THE
THEIR
TO APPROACH THAT WE HAVE TAKEN BUT Ι THINK THAT ALL AUSTRALIAN
RECOGNISE GOVERNMENT
THAT THE DEBATE IS PRIMARILY ONE FOR
PRESENT THE POWER, AND I THINK THEIR DIPLOMATIC PROPER
WAY
MINISTERS, PARTICULARLY EXPRESS ΤΟ
SOVEREIGN POWER AND THE FUTURE SOVEREIGN
IN
IT
INTEREST BOUNDARIES, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
/IN RESPONSE