THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27,
1994
GOVERNOR:
ENCOURAGE
OF
THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN TO OUR EXCELLENT CIVIL SERVICE TO CARRY ON WORKING FOR THE INTERESTS HONG KONG AND THEREFORE TO CARRY ON DOING ITS JOB AS WELL FOR THE GOVERNMENT AS IT HAS DONE IT FOR THE PRESENT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
SAR
THERE IS A GENERAL RECOGNITION THAT ONE OF THE REASONS FOR HONG KONG'S SUCCESS IS THE QUALITY AND COMPETENCE OF OUR
SERVICE. CIVIL THERE IS A GENERAL RECOGNITION THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY HONG HAS CLEAN GOVERNMENT IS BECAUSE IT HAS A CIVIL SERVICE OF CONSIDERABLE PROBITY AND GREAT INTEGRITY.
KONG
I BELIEVE SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS, LIKE DIRECTOR LU PING, WHEN THEY SAY THAT
IN THEY WISH THAT CIVIL SERVICE TO
BEING, CONTINUE
WE HAVE PARTICULAR APPLYING THE SAME STANDARDS AFTER 1997 AS BEFORE. DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME BEFORE 1997. FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRYING TO WHOLE ISSUE OF LOCALISATION IS VERY DIFFICULT AND WE ARE
BUT NONE OF US COPE WITH THAT AS SENSITIVELY AND FAIRLY AS POSSIBLE. CAN PRETEND THAT IT IS ENTIRELY EASY.
THERE CAN
OFFICIALS, PRC
FOR THEIR PART, WILL BE FACED WITH DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. THEY WILL NEED TO GIVE REASSURANCE TO CIVIL SERVANTS THAT THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE FUNDAMENTALLY AFTER 1 JULY 1997. IS CLEARLY A LIMIT TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH ANY BRITISH GOVERNMENT
1997, BUT WE ABOUT WHAT LIFE WILL BE LIKE AFTER GIVE REASSURANCES
SOME OF GIVEN BY DIRECTOR LU PING AND ASSURANCES WELCOME THE SENIOR COLLEAGUES. I HOPE WE WILL SEE MANY MORE SUCH ASSURANCES.
I HAVE WORKED WITH CIVIL SERVANTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MY CAREER AS A BRITISH POLITICIAN. I HAVE WORKED WITH CIVIL NOW IN HONG KONG. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I THINK THE CIVIL HONG KONG IS QUITE OUTSTANDING, AND WOULD
INTERNATIONALLY.
BE
HIS
DURING SERVANTS
SERVICE IN
AS
SUCH
RECOGNISED
THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED.
TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTEP INTERVIEW BY GOVERNOR AND FOREIGN SECRETARY
THE
FOLLOWING
GIVEN BY SECRETARY OF
IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF A DOORSTEP INTERVIEW
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AND STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR DOUGLAS HURD, IN LONDON TODAY (THURSDAY):
QUESTION: HAVE YOU MADE ANY PROGRESS TODAY?
FOREIGN
GOVERNOR BACK
IT HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO HAVE THE SECRETARY: AND HE AND I HAVE TAKEN STOCK OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE WE LAST MET, WHICH WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO IN HONG KONG, SINCE THEN HE HAS HIS SPEECH TO THE LEGCO WITH ITS EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF HONG KONG AND WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN RECENT YEARS.
VARIOUS CONTACTS
MADE PROGRESS IN THERE HAVE BEEN THERE IS GOOD
AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE. PROGRESS ON THE AIRPORT, WE CAN HOPE TO GET AN AGREEMENT THERE ON SOME
SO THERE ARE OF THE ISSUES OUTSTANDING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
WE GOOD SIGNS BUT THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO BE DONE AND REVIEWED REALLY WHAT THAT WORK IS AND HOW WE INTEND TO SET ABOUT IT.
SOME HAVE
/QUESTION: