Transcript of the Governor's media session
The following is a transcript of the media session by the Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hanley, at the airport today (Friday):
Governor: Good evening. I am delighted to welcome Jeremy Hanley as the Minister of State for the Foreign Office on what is his first visit to Hong Kong as the Minister responsible for our affairs in the Foreign Office. This is not of course his first visit to Hong Kong. He was here few years ago. But we'll be looking forward to showing him a good deal of the community and its life over the next five days. We're looking forward to a number of meetings, to talking and listening to what he's got to say. I know that he believes that this is a useful visit as part of the briefing before Mr Qian's visit to London later in the autumn. I think Mr Hanley would like to say a few words
to you.
Minister: Governor, thank you very much indeed. I'm looking forward to this visit particularly. I was last here in Hong Kong some seven or eight years ago and I can see already from the air how Hong Kong has changed, how it has advanced and what there is here that needs to be preserved. I look forward very much to working with the Governor, and learning from many people over the next few days as to what Hong Kong is now, and therefore what is so dear to so many people. I look forward also to the future over the next, what is now less than two years, to try to make sure that the good that is Hong Kong can be preserved and to try to make sure that our improving relationships with China continue to bring advantage to the people of Hong Kong. So Governor, thank you very much indeed.
Question: Governor, how can you justify the slope stabilisation leads to the closure of Tuen Mun Highway because it is causing traffic inconvenience to the Hong Kong...?