Here in Hong Kong we have developed, inside and outside government, both educational and caring programmes for those who are HIV positive or suffering from AIDS. I hope that our health education efforts will contain the, thankfully, small numbers of those who are suffering and that we will be able to develop increasingly humane attitudes to those who suffer from AIDS, not least in the area of hospice care. We've developed the Hospice movement in which personally I'm extremely interested, over the last three years but still need to do more in the area of hospice care for those who are victims of AIDS. I hope that before and after 1997 we can make our contribution to the development of programmes in the rest of Asia, not least through sharing experiences. But I do think it is important for all of us, if we are to develop effective programmes, to avoid being sanctimonious on the issue, even if we can't always entirely avoid an element of being judgmental creeping in to the argument or the debate. I know what a big problem you face in Thailand and I hope that the efforts which I know you are making meet with success and that you can show other Asian communities how to avoid the same problems. Thank you very much.
End/Thursday, September 21, 1995
Hope to work successfully with new LegCo: Governor
It is the intention and the hope of the Government to work successfully with the new Legislative Council, the Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, said today (Thursday).
Speaking at the Corporate Citizenship in Asia Pacific Conference organised by the Council on Foundations, the Governor stressed that while it would involve a certain amount of give and take on both side, he was hoping to forge a harmonious relationship with the newly elected Members.
"I hope that we will be able to work with them as creatively as possible in the interest of the whole community," he said.
Mr Patten pointed out that it was the first time Hong Kong had a Legislative Council chosen entirely by the electorate and said it was the "milestone in Hong Kong's political development".