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FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1994
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LU PING'S SPEECH POSITIVE: GOVERNOR
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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, HOPED THAT PEOPLE SEE DIRECTOR LU PING'S SPEECH TODAY (FRIDAY) AS A POSITIVE STATEMENT ABOUT HONG KONG'S FUTURE.
RESPONDING TO MEDIA QUESTIONS ABOUT DIRECTOR LU'S SPEECH AFTER HIS VISIT TO THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (TSING YI), MR PATTEN SAID: "THERE'S PLAINLY A LOT IN THE SPEECH WITH WHICH WE ALL AGREE.
DIRECTOR LU TALKS ABOUT THE VERY IMPORTANT ECONOMIC ROLE WHICH HONG KONG CAN PLAY AND WHICH WE ALL WANT TO SEE HONG KONG PLAY IN THE CONTINUING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA.
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HOWEVER, MR PATTEN BELIEVED SOME PEOPLE WOULD BE A LITTLE SURPRISED BY THE REMARKS ABOUT POLITICS.
AFTER ALL, HONG KONG ISN'T JUST AN EXAMPLE OF CAPITALISM AT WORK," HE SAID.
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THERE ARE ALSO FREEDOMS AND VALUES IN THE INSTITUTIONS OF AN OPEN SOCIETY WHICH HAVE HELPED TO CREATE OUR PROSPERITY HERE IN HONG KONG, AND CHINA ITSELF HAS RECOGNISED THIS.
CHINA ITSELF HAS SIGNED UP IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AND IN THE BASIC LAW TO A PROCESS OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG WHICH RECOGNISES THE MODEST BUT GROWING ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
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I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE SOME QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT
THE GOVERNOR HOPED THAT IF THERE WERE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT ISSUES LIKE POLITICS OR SOME ELEMENTS OF POLITICS, HE AND DIRECTOR LU COULD TALK CALMLY AND RATIONALLY TO ONE ANOTHER AND PERHAPS PUT THEM ON ONE SIDE WHILE GETTING ON WITH THE LIVELIHOOD ISSUES WHICH DIRECTOR LU HAD PUT SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON IN HIS SPEECH.
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1 THINK ON THAT, PEOPLE WILL BE HOPING THAT THE SPEECH IS FOLLOWED BY PRACTICAL ACTIONS AND PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF CO-OPERATION,' HE ADDED.
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