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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1994
DAY ONE.
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YOUR QUESTION GOES I GUESS RIGHT TO THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM WHICH I HAVE TO ADDRESS AS GOVERNOR AND WHICH I AM SURE CHINESE OFFICIALS THINK ABOUT - DIRECTOR LU PING AND OTHER CHINESE OFFICIALS. WE MAY SEE THE CHALLENGE IN DIFFERENT WAYS, INEVITABLY WE HAVE DIFFERENT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER'S HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES BUT THE QUESTION AT THE END OF THE AND THE QUESTION ON THE 30TH OF JUNE 1997 WILL BE THE SAME THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL AND I THINK PRETTY HAPPY COMMUNITY. AND IT'S ACHIEVED THAT SUCCESS AND IT'S ACHIEVED THAT HARMONY LARGELY THROUGH AN ASTONISHING CHEMICAL COMBINATION OF THE HARD WORK, THE COMMITMENT, THE ENERGY OF SHANGHAINESE, CANTONESE, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE RULE OF LAW, ALL OPERATING A MARKET ECONOMY SO SUCCESSFULLY THAT MOST OF THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS ON WITH AWE THAT HASN'T JUST PRODUCED PEOPLE WHO ARE FABULOUSLY RICH, THOUGH IT'S OF COURSE PRODUCED SOME OF THOSE IT HASN'T JUST PRODUCED THE SORT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH RATES WHICH THE REST OF THE WORLD WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO HAVE ACHIEVED, IT'S ALSO PRODUCED TREMENDOUS ADVANCES IN HEALTH. WE'VE NOW GOT AMONG THE BEST HEALTH INDICATORS IN THE WORLD, IN EDUCATION, IN PUBLIC HOUSING, IN WELFARE. OF COURSE MUCH MORE TO DO BUT WE'VE PRODUCED HERE A TERRIFIC SUCCESS STORY THAT SUCCESS STORY EVERYBODY WANTS TO CONTINUE AFTER THE 30TH OF 1997. I THINK THAT THERE IS EVERY REASON WHY IT CAN CONTINUE AS WELL AS WHY IT SHOULD CONTINUE BUT THAT IS GOING TO DEMAND FROM CHINESE OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS FROM ME AND AS WELL AS FROM MY COLLEAGUES IN GOVERNMENT, THAT IS GOING TO DEMAND CO-OPERATION AND A REAL EFFORT TO GET ON TOGETHER. I PUT FORWARD SOME PROPOSALS IN MY POLICY ADDRESS LAST WEEK, NOT A COMPLETE AGENDA BUT SOME IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION AND PEOPLE SAY TO ME "WELL WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF CHINA SIMPLY IGNORES THEM OR THROWS THEM OUT". I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK BECAUSE A BETTER QUESTION TO ASK IS "WHY SHOULD CHINA JUST WANT TO REJECT THOSE PROPOSALS"? "WHY DOESN'T CHINA PUT FORWARD SOME PROPOSALS WHICH WE WOULD WANT TO DISCUSS IN AS OPEN-MINDED A WAY AS POSSIBLE?"
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I THINK IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT JOBS THAT ANYBODY HAS TRIED THIS CENTURY, THE TRANSFER PEACEFULLY OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY, THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ONE-COUNTRY-TWO-SYSTEMS CONCEPT A CHINESE CONCEPT IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF THAT IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE A CERTAIN GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT ON ALL SIDES AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG DESERVE NO LESS THAN THAT.
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I'VE SAID BEFORE THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY A CHINESE CITY, IT'S 97 PER CENT CHINESE AND I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PLAY A HUGELY SUPPORTIVE ROLE IN CHINA IN THE 21ST CENTURY WHICH MANY PEOPLE THINK IS GOING TO BE THE CENTURY OF CHINA AND THE CENTURY OF ASIA. THIS CAN BE ONE OF THE GREATEST CITIES IN WORLD HISTORY, GIVEN EVEN HALF A CHANCE. SO, I HOPE THAT WE CAN AS I'VE SAID BEFORE
A STOP SHOUTING AND START DOING
LITTLE MORE TALKING. I THINK THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG DESERVE NO LESS THAN THAT AND I TRUST WE CAN LIVE UP TO THEIR EXPECTATIONS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. BUT WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE WILL TRY TO DO OUR DUTY WHICH I DEFINE AS BEING TO WORK DAY AND NIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JOINT DECLARATION HAS THE BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE OF BEING THE GUIDELINE FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE AS IT'S THE GUIDELINE FOR HONG KONG'S PRESENT.
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