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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1994
* ON HONG KONG'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN 29 INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING THE GATT;
ON
THE CONTINUED APPLICATION TO HONG KONG OF 161 MULTI- LATERAL TREATIES;
ON LOCALISING 56 UNITED KINGDOM ENACTMENTS COVERING SUCH TOPICS AS SHIPPING AND AVIATION; AND
ON NINE INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND PROTECTION AGREEMENTS.
BEEN ACHIEVED MACHINERY
"I THINK THIS PARTIAL CATALOGUE OF WHAT HAS DEMONSTRATES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THE NECESSARY DIPLOMATIC TO HANDLE COMPLEX AND SOMETIMES CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.
"THE EXAMPLES I HAVE QUOTED ALSO SHOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP THE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING NECESSARY TO CEMENT IN PLACE THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR HONG KONG'S CONTINUED STABILITY AND PROSPERITY AFTER 1997," HE SAID.
A FRAMEWORK FOR CO-OPERATION
BY
A "SENSIBLE AND REASONABLE FRAMEWORK" FOR MUTUAL CO-OPERATION WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT OVER THE NEXT 1,000 DAYS WAS OUTLINED THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THIS WILL REQUIRE
**WE ALONE CANNOT ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION. THE FULL CO-OPERATION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
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BY NEITHER THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT NOR THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT THEMSELVES CAN ENSURE COMPLETION OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP'S FORMIDABLE AGENDA, HE ADDED.
MR PATTEN SAID HOW CO-OPERATION MIGHT BE ENHANCED WAS A MAJOR SOURCE OF DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, MR DOUGLAS
HURD, AND THE CHINESE VICE-PREMIER, MR QIAN QICHEN, IN NEW YORK LAST WEEK.
THE PRACTICAL APPROACH ADOPTED SOUGHT TO CREATE THE MOST
BASIS CONSTRUCTIVE
FOR A SMOOTH TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT AND FOR SECURING HONG KONG'S CONTINUED SUCCESS.
IT WAS A HONG KONG APPROACH TO A HONG KONG PROBLEM. HE SAID:
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WHEN THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS ESTABLISHES FIRST,
THE
COMMITTEE PREPARATORY
IN 1996, WE WILL WANT TO BE IN A POSITION TO GIVE, IN AN AGREED WAY, THE IMMEDIATE AND PRACTICAL HELP THAT THE COMMITTEE MAY REQUIRE IN 1TS WORK OF PREPARING FOR THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION'S FUTURE GOVERNMENT.
WHEN THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE DESIGNATE IS CHOSEN, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS
READY TO PROVIDE EVERY POSSIBLE SUPPORT ΤΟ THIS OFFICIAL IN PREPARING TO TAKE UP HONG KONG'S ADMINISTRATION IN 1997.
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
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