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Question: Should Mr Major meet the legislators in public?
Governor: I've answered that question which is not one of very considerable public controversy or interest in Hong Kong. I've answered it at least twice. And I don't think I've got anything else to add. I'm delighted that Mr Major will be spending an hour or more with legislators. I think it's entirely appropriate to do it in the way that he is proposed. I don't believe it is an issue of substantial controversy in the Legislative Council. I've heard Legislative Councillors themselves say that the most important thing is that he's talking to the Legislative Councillors and answering Legislative Councillors' questions. And I really think it's probably important to get on and talk about real issues rather than to make up controversies where they don't exist.
Question: With five hundred days to go to the change of sovereignty, do you think we should approach certain things in a different way? Is there anything we should do?
Governor: I've been in Hong Kong, we've worked it out, for almost three times as long as there is still to go until June 30, 1997. I've been here I think just over 1,300 days and I think that the messages which are appropriate to the next 500 days are rather similar to the ones that I've been uttering and others have been uttering for the last 1,300. I'm sure that Hong Kong's system will survive so long as people in Hong Kong want it to survive, so long as we're true to ourselves and true to our values and true to all those things that have created the way of life here which is at one on the same time successful, stable and decent. So long as we do those things, Hong Kong will be a success story after 1997 and even greater success story than it is today. So in that spirit, I wish you all a very happy 500 days. More particularly I wish you a very happy year of the Rat during which I trust that you'll have an enjoyable time and that Hong Kong will have an enjoyable time as well. Thank you very much indeed.
Question: Governor, will Mr Major meet any Chinese officials in Hong Kong during his visit?
Governor: I don't think that arrangements for his visit have been finalised. But I don't think there're any particular intentions. He will be wanting to spend as much time as possible meeting Executive Councillors, Legislative Councillors, business and community leaders and seeing as much of Hong Kong as he can.
Question: Do you think he may have met some Chinese officials to talk about Hong Kong while he is in Bangkok?