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Question: You said you want legislature to have a good co-operation with the administration. Actually will be consider to appoint some new legislators as Exco members...
Governor: I don't think that it's sensible to focus the entire discussion about the relationship between the Administration and the Legislative Council on the question of appointments to the Executive Council. Obviously, I'll consider the position after the election results. I happen to think that if I've got a very good Executive Council at the moment and that I've had Executive Councillor who represent every shade of opinion in the community. But we'll look at the whole question of the relationship between the Executive and the Legislature after the election results but it covers far more, far more than the question solely of the membership of the Executive Council.
Question: Some foreign media have categorised the elections as a pointless exercise, What is the point do you think the election is going to make?
Governor: I don't think that we are conducting these elections for foreign media and any foreign media who say that don't understand Hong Kong very well. There are hundreds of thousands of people here in Hong Kong tomorrow who will be doing what they are entitled to do and expressing in the ballot box their views about the future of this community. There is nothing pointless about that. It's an important part of Hong Kong's history and it's an important part of the foundations of Hong Kong as a free and plural society and any media who made those sort of criticisms are talking through their heads.
End/Saturday, September 16, 1995
Call for more support in heritage preservation
The successful declaration of the University Hall, Hung Hing Ying Building and Tang Chi Ngong Building of the University of Hong Kong as historical buildings marks a new stage of co-operation between the Government and the University, the Secretary for Recreation and Culture, Mr James So, said.
Speaking at a ceremony this (Saturday) morning, Mr So said the preservation of the three buildings was made possible through the enthusiastic support of the Council of the University of Hong Kong.