MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1994
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EXPRESSION
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KONG.
TO
THEIR
TO
GOVERNOR: I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED BY THE NOR SHOULD THEY THINK THAT IT IS JUST A HEADLINE. IT HAPPENS TO BE PRECISE AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE SITUATION HERE IN HONG FIRST OF ALL, BRITAIN AND CHINA HAVE A SHARED INTEREST IN MANAGING
REST OF THE HISTORIC EVENT AS COMPETENTLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE
HAVE A SHARED WORLD CAN SEE WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF. SECONDLY, WE
JOINT DECLARATION INTEREST IN KEEPING TO THE WORD AND SPIRIT OF THE
AROUND WHICH, I THINK, WOULD BE APPLAUDED NOT ONLY IN HONG KONG BUT THE WORLD. WE ARE NOTHING LIKE THIS. IT'S EVER BEEN TRIED SUCCESSFUL BEFORE. THIRDLY, WE HAVE A SHARED INTEREST IN HONG KONG CONTINUING
PEOPLE BE SUCCESSFUL. IT'S IN THE REGION'S INTEREST AS WELL AS IN THE OF HONG KONG'S INTEREST. IT'S IN CHINA'S INTEREST. IT'S IN THE WORLD'S HUGE FINANCIAL INTEREST AND IT'S IN BRITAIN'S INTEREST. BRITAIN HAS INVESTMENTS HERE IN HONG KONG, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HERE WITH
KONG TO CONTINUE SO BRITAIN MUST WANT HONG BRITISH PASSPORTS SUCCEED. BUT, IF WE DON'T GET THROUGH SOME OF THE BACKLOGS OF · WORK WHICH IS PILED UP IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, IT WILL BE PRINCIPALLY HAVE A THE SAR GOVERNMENT AND CHINA WHICH WILL, ALAS, SUFFER SO WE
WE CAN SHARED INTEREST IN ENSURING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THE MORE
TO TALK ABOUT THAT SHARED INTEREST AND THE MORE WE CAN TRY TO WORK SECURE THAT SHARED INTEREST THE BETTER. I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE VERY SENSIBLE IF MEGAPHONES WERE PUT AWAY FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND WE GOT ON WITH THE QUIET, PATIENT, CONSTRUCTIVE WORK OF HELPING TO ENSURE THAT THE SAR GOVERNMENT HAS AS GOOD AN INHERITANCE AS POSSIBLE AND CAN NONE START OFF WITH AS MUCH MOMENTUM AND AS MUCH IMPETUS AS POSSIBLE. OF US HAVE ANY DOUBT AT ALL THAT THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED. NONE OF US HAVE OF HONG ANY DOUBT AT ALL THAT THAT'S IN THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE KONG. SO, LET'S GET ON AND DO IT.
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GOVERNOR COMMENTS ON 10TH ANNIVERSARY
OF JOINT DECLARATION INITIALLING
IF HONG KONG LOOKS BACK ON THE FIRST 10 YEARS SINCE THE INITIALLING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, WHATEVER THE DIFFICULTIES, IT HAS SUCCEEDED IN ENSURING THAT IT HAS MORE CONFIDENCE, PROSPERITY AND STABILITY, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID THIS (MONDAY) MORNING.
GIVING HIS COMMENTS ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INITIALLING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WORLD PRESIDENTS' ORGANISATION, MR PATTEN SAID THERE WERE, HOWEVER, DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS.
"WHAT WE'VE GOT то DO IS TO TRY TO SOLVE THEM IN AS CO- OPERATIVE THE WAY AS POSSIBLE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO AGREE ALL THE TIME. BUT WE'VE GOT TO AGREE AS MUCH OF THE TIME AS WE CAN," HE SAID.
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1 THINK THAT IS THE MESSAGE WHICH FOREIGN MINISTER, MR DOUGLAS HURD, WILL BE TAKING TO NEW YORK THIS WEEK WHEN HE MEETS VICE-PREMIER, MR QIAN QICHEN.
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"OUR POLICY
ON SINO-BRITISH CO-OPERATION, THE GOVERNOR SAID: IS, WAS, REMAINS TO TRY TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
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