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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1994
GOVERNOR TALKS ABOUT LU PING'S VISIT
THE
GOVERNOR,
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HON
CHRISTOPHER
SAID PATTEN,
THIS
THE (WEDNESDAY} AFTERNOON HE WAS SURE THAT DIRECTOR LU PING WOULD NEED AND TO WANT TO MAKE MANY FUTURE VISITS TO HONG KONG DURING WHICH TO TALK THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS EVERYONE IN HONG KONG WOULD LIKE.
AFTER QUESTIONS
MR
TWO KOWLOON VISITING RESPONDING TO MEDIA FACTORIES ABOUT DIRECTOR LU PING'S VISIT TO HONG KONG NEXT WEEK,' PATTEN
SAID:
"TODAY,
SCHEDULE DIRECTOR LU PING HAS WRITTEN TO SAY THAT HIS
BE ABLE то ✔ IS SO BUSY IN HONG KONG THAT HE WON'T ON THIS OCCASION
VISIT AND TO HAVE A DISCUSSION THOUGH I THINK, HE SUGGESTED THAT THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE WHICH IS INDEED, I VERY MUCH THE CASE.
"I AM PREPARED TO CROSS ANY STREET, OPEN ANY DOOR, HAND, TALK TO ANYONE IF IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG.
HOPE,
SHAKE ANY
"I THINK THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WOULD EXPECT. I THINK HONG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WANT US TO TALK TOGETHER. I THINK PEOPLE IN KONG WANT US TO CO-OPERATE IN THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG."
AND
WOULD
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HAD MADE IT CLEAR TO DIRECTOR LU PING OTHER SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THAT HE BE HAPPY TO MEET THEM AND TALK TO THEM AT ANY TIME IN THE INTEREST HONG KONG.
"I THINK THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WOULD EXPECT OF SIDES, BOTH OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND OF CHINESE OFFICIALS, SAID.
"I'VE SAID TO DIRECTOR LU PING A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE TWO YEARS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE WITH HIM.
OF
BOTH
TT HE
LAST
IMPENDING ** I WROTE TO HIM MOST RECENTLY BEFORE WE KNEW OF HIS
THERE WERE TWO VISIT ON APRIL 13 AND I SAID ON THAT OCCASION THAT
TALKING ISSUES IN PARTICULAR WHICH I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY OF
PEOPLE KNOWING
THE TO HIM ABOUT, EITHER IN PRIVATE OR WITH CONVERSATIONS WERE GOING ON.
THAT
I "THE
FIRST IS THE WHOLE QUESTION OF PROPERTY PRICES BECAUSE
SITUATION AND WANTED TO PUT HIM IN THE PICTURE ABOUT HOW WE SAW THE WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD IN TACKLING IT.
TALK ΤΟ HIM
**THE SECOND ISSUE WHICH I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO ABOUT, WAS THE TRANSITION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE WHICH IS ANOTHER WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO US BOTH," HE SAID.
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