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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994
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TRANSCRIPT OF THE GOVERNOR'S MEDIA SESSION
FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION BY THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AFTER HIS VISIT TO THE YAU TSIM MONG DISTRICT TODAY (WEDNESDAY:
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GOVERNOR: GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE FIRST DISTRICT VISIT 1'VE MADE SINCE THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS. I WAS DELIGHTED ΤΟ SEE THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE SINCE MY LAST VISIT AND 1 WAS ALSO. INTERESTED TO SEE HOW SUCCESSFULLY THE NEW DISTRICT BOARD HAS CARRIED THROUGH THE MERGER WHICH WAS MADE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF SHIFT IN POPULATION. I THINK THEY'VE COPED WITH SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED EXTREMELY SUCCESSFULLY. THEY'VE RAISED WITH ME A NUMBER OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE LOCALLY, PROBLEMS LIKE CRIME AND PROBLEMS LIKE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD ΤΟ WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD TO TRY TO SORT OUT AND SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
QUESTION: GOVERNOR, HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR TRIP TO LONDON? WOULD YOU GIVE NEW VITALITY TO THE SINO-BRITISH RELATIONSHIP
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GOVERNOR: WE SET OUT IN MY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SPEECH SOME PROPOSALS THAT WE'D LIKE TO WORK ON AND DISCUSS WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS AND IF CHINESE OFFICIALS HAVE SOME POSITIVE PROPOSALS THEMSELVES, I AM SURE THEY'LL WANT TO PUT THEM FORWARD. AS I SAID ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, I THINK WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE IS BETTER AND GREATER AND MORE SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATION. THAT'S CERTAIN WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE ARE WORKING FOR AND I HOPE WE WILL SEE THE SAME FROM CHINESE OFFICIALS WELL. MY TRIP TO LONDON IS ONE OF THE REGULAR TRIPS I'VE MADE. I THINK 1 TOLD YOU THE DATE OF IT BACK IN JULY AND IT IS RIGHT TO GO BACK TO LONDON FOUR TIMES OR MAY BE FIVE TIMES A YEAR. MY NEXT PLANNED VISIT WILL BE AT THE END OF JANUARY AND I WON'T HAVE A VISIT TO LONDON FOR SOME TIME AFTER THAT UNLESS SOMETHING UNFORESEEN COMES UP BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE REGULAR PATTERN OF VISITS OF MY PREDECESSORS AND IT'S WHAT
I'LL BE DOING AS WELL.
GOVERNOR: GOVERNOR, DO YOU THINK THAT THE PWC PROPOSAL OF PROVISIONAL LEGISLATURE IS UNDERMINING THE BRITISH AUTHORITY IN HONG KONG?
GOVERNOR: NO.
QUESTION: WHY NOT?
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GOVERNOR: BECAUSE I DON'T. WHY? I MEAN, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND TO THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS, PROPOSALS WHICH ARE ENTIRELY IN LINE NOT ONLY WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION BUT ALSO IN LINE WITH THE BASIC LAW, AND I AM SURE THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS WILL WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN LINE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW,
QUESTION: AND HOW ABOUT THE 1995 LEGCO PASSES SOME OF THE LAW WHICH MAY BE OVERTURNED BY THE TEMPORARY LEGISLATURE?
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