Governor to present 1996 Policy Address
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, will present his 1996 Policy Address tomorrow (Wednesday) when he opens the 1996-97 session of the Legislative Council.
He will begin his address at 2.30 pm. The proceedings will be broadcast live on five television channels, as well as Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) channels 1, 3 and 5, Commercial Radio and Metro Plus.
Immediately after the delivery the speech, Mr Patten will give a press conference. The radio and TV stations will carry a five-minute message given by the Governor on his last Policy Address the same evening prior to his taking part in a live panel discussion on TVB-Jade between 10.45 pm and 11.45 pm.
Copies of the Governor's speech in English and Chinese will be available to members of the public from 4 pm that day at all district offices and the Government Publications Centre at ground floor, Low Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway.
They can also be obtained from the Marketing Office of Government Information Services on the 17th Floor, Siu On Centre, 188 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai. the Internet's World Wide Web at The full text will be available on http://www.info.gov.hk.
A Policy Address leaflet will also be available between 4 pm and 7 pm at eight Mass Transit Railway stations: Central, Causeway Bay, Tai Koo, Tsim Sha Tsui, Prince Edward, Tsuen Wan, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong; and Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation's Kowloon Terminus and Kowloon Tong and Sha Tin stations.
On Thursday (October 3), the Governor will take questions from callers phoning in Radio 1 and 5's "Talkabout" and Radio 3's "Hong Kong Today" programmes from 7.45 am to 9 am. Phone-in numbers are 1872 311 for the Chinese language and 2338 8266 for the English.
In the afternoon, he will attend a special Governor's question time at the Legislative Council.
On Friday (October 4), Mr Patten will hold an open meeting with the public at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Members of the public can put questions to him on his programme initiatives.