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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1994.
GOVERNOR:
I THINK THE WORD SINCERE IF I MAY SAY SO IS THE SERVED MOST OVER-WORKED WORD IN PROPAGANDA, AND WE WOULD ALL BE WELL
THAT MEANS THINGS, IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS IF WE USE WORDS RATHER THAT JUST REPEATED PHRASES LIKE THAT.
THE
RELATIONS FLEXIBILITY CONTINUES
HIDEBOUND OR
ALSO
LINK.
ISN'T
LET ME DEAL PRECISELY WITH
HONOURABLE OF THAT MEMBER'S QUESTION. THE HONOURABLE MEMBER WAS OBVIOUSLY ONE
LAST NIGHT FORTUNATE GROUP OF INSOMNIACS WHO HEARD ONE OR TWO OF US FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO COULDN'T SLEEP IN HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG TALKING IN VARIOUS STAGES OF ANIMATION ABOUT MY POLICY COMMITMENTS AND MY POLICY ADDRESS. DURING THE COURSE OF THAT WE DISCUSSED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PWC, AND AS AN INDICATION OF THE WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAS SHOWN AND THE GOOD SENSE WHICH IT TO TREAT THIS ISSUE, I POINTED OUT THAT WE HADN'T BEEN
I IDEOLOGICAL OR DOGMATIC IN THE APPROACH THAT WE HAD TAKEN. I THINK
TDC IS CO- POINTED OUT, IF I DIDN'T I SHOULD HAVE DONE, THAT THE SPONSORING A SEMINAR WITH THE PWC ON ECONOMIC ISSUES. I THINK I POINTED OUT THAT THE PWC WAS INTENDING TO RUN A SEMINAR ON THE NOW I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE FACT THAT IT WAS RUNNING A SEMINAR ON THE LINK HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT A VERY DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE PWC TAKES THE VIEW THAT THE LINK SHOULD BE BROKEN, WHICH THE VIEW I THINK EITHER OF PRC OFFICIALS OR OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SHOWING KONG. BUT I WOULD VERY MUCH WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY OF
ROCK PRC AND THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG ARE BOTH ABSOLUTELY
WITH OTHER BEHIND THE LINK. SO IT SEEMED THAT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA
OF BANKERS, DISTINGUISHED BANKERS, INCLUDING SOME WHO AREN'T MEMBERS
LIKE THAT, THE PWC, WITH DISTINGUISHED BANKERS PRESENT AT A SEMINAR
SHOULD BE THAT ONE OF OUR LEADING EXPERTS AT THE MONETARY AUTHORITY
GOVERNMENT ABLE ΤΟ GO ALONG AND MAKE THE POSITION OF THE HONG KONG ABSOLUTELY PLAIN. AND I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM BANKING SECTOR IN CHINA WILL BE THERE TO MAKE THE POSITION OF THE
OUR INTEREST GOVERNMENT PLAIN AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IN ALL THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY INSTABILITY IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS, 1 REGARD THE DECISION THAT WE TOOK ON THAT AS BEING EXTREMELY SENSIBLE AND I DON'T AND AN INDICATION OF OUR GOOD SENSE IN THESE MATTERS.
OR THINK THAT ANY PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHETHER IN THE MONETARY AUTHORITY
FOUND THAT IN THE TREASURY OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE DECISION REMOTELY CONFUSING, AND I SURE THAT THEY WILL FIND THE LETTER FROM THE CHIEF SECRETARY AS ENLIGHTENING AS ALL HER CORRESPONDENCE IS.
MR TANG:
FOLLOW-UP, MR PRESIDENT, I WOULD
HONG THAT SOLID
THE
PRC
AND
LIKE TO ASK THINK IT IS
THE GOVERNOR THIS QUESTION CONCERNING SINCERITY. DO YOU ONLY USED BY THE CHINESE SIDE IN PROPOGANDA, HAS THE BRITISH HONG KONG SIDE USED THE WORD SINCERITY IN ORDER TO SEEK CO-OPERATION WITH CHINA?
I
ARE
NOT GOVERNOR:
DEEDS THINK THAT WHAT WE NOW NEED
CLICHE 'A WINDOW OF WORDS. 1 BELIEVE THAT THERE IS, TO BORROW A
THROUGH IT, OPPORTUNITY' AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL SEEK TO GO RATHER THAN FIND REASONS FOR NOT DOING SO. WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT I DID YESTERDAY, WHAT THE CHIEF SECRETARY HAS DONE IS TO SKETCH OUT A NUMBER DURING OF IDEAS WHICH IN OUR VIEW WOULD HELP TO PROMOTE CO-OPERATION THE TRANSITION. THEY ARE NOT AN EXCLUSIVE LIST; WE DON'T HAVE A CLOSED MIND, WE HAVE AN OPEN MIND ON THESE ISSUES. AND IF OTHERS WISH TO PUT FORWARD THEIR OWN IDEAS, IF OTHERS WISH TO PUT FORWARD OTHER PROPOSALS POSITIVE WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO LOOK AT THEM IN A CONSTRUCTIVE AND
WHEN WE PUT WAY. BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS ENOUGH JUST TO RESPOND
ENOUGH FOR FORWARD AT THIS TIME SENSIBLE IDEAS. I DON'T THINK IT IS
BUT YOU'RE PEOPLE JUST TO SAY WELL YOU MAY PUT FORWARD THOSE IDEAS,
THAT'S NOT NOT SINCERE. I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO SAY
DO IF GOOD
PUT FORWARD THEY
ENOUGH YOU'VE GOT TO DO MORE. I THINK WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD THINK THAT OUR PROPOSALS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH IS TO THEIR OWN IDEAS AS WELL.
/CAN I
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