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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
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A PROSPEROUS AND STABLE HONG KONG AND A PROSPEROUS AND STABLE CHINA WILL BE MUTUALLY REINFORCING. THERE IS MUCH TO BE DONE IN THE REMAINDER OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD TO GUARANTEE THE SUCCESS OF COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IT CAN BE DONE. NO DOUBT THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO GIVE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN PLENTY TO BE SATISFIED ABOUT.
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I SHOULD NOW LIKE TO PROPOSE A TOAST TO THE HEALTH OF EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OP CHINA. MR PRESIDENT.
TALKS SERIOUS AND CONSTRUCTIVE
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING DESCRIBED YESTERDAY'S TALKS IN NEW YORK BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR DOUGLAS HURD, AND THE CHINESE VICE-PREMIER, MR QIAN QICHEN, AS SERIOUS AND CONSTRUCTIVE.
ASKED BY THE MEDIA ABOUT HIS REACTION ΤΟ THE TALKS AFTER ATTENDING A HANDING-OVER CEREMONY OF PRO-CHANCELLORSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, MR PATTEN SAID: "CLEARLY, EVERYONE WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT RESULTS IN THE TALKS, PARTICULARLY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG DO WANT TO SEE, AS GOAL, BOTH BRITAIN AND CHINA WHAT PRESIDENT BUSH ONCE CALLED THE EXTRA MILE IN ORDER TO TRY то SECURE THE CO-OPERATIVE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE TRANSITION WHICH PEOPLE WANT TO SEE.
"BUT, PLAINLY, WHILE THE MEETING ITSELF WAS A CIVILISED AND SERIOUS EXCHANGE, THE RESULTS WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO SEE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS."
TRANSCRIPT OF GOVERNOR'S MEDIA SESSION
THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE HANDING-OVER CEREMONY OF PRO-CHANCELLORSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG (FRIDAY):
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QUESTION: THE TALKS IN NEW YORK DID NOT MAKE MUCH PROGRESS.
GOVERNOR: I THINK THEY WERE SERIOUS AND CONSTRUCTIVE. CLEARLY, EVERYONE WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT RESULTS IN THE TALKS, PARTICULARLY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG DO, I THINK, WANT TO SEE AS GOAL BOTH BRITAIN AND CHINA WHAT PRESIDENT BUSH ONCE CALLED THE EXTRA MILE IN ORDER TO TRY TO SECURE THE CO-OPERATIVE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE TRANSITION WHICH PEOPLE WANT TO SEE. BUT, PLAINLY, WHILE THE MAKTING ITSELF WAS A CIVILISED AND SERIOUS EXCHANGE, THE RESULTS ONLY BE ABLE TO SEE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.
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