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SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1987

SECONDLY, I VERY MUCH ENJOY WALKING IN THE HILLS OF HONG KONG IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE WORLD. CERTAINLY CLOSEST TO AN URBAN CENTRE, WHERE YOU CAN GET SOME REALLY GOOD HILL WALKING, AND I HOPE THAT DESPITE BEING GOVERNOR I STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT.

CHAIRMAN: YES, DOWN THERE SIR.

W.K. WONG (WEN WEI PO) CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR

IMPRESSION ON HONG KONG AND CHINA?

SIR DAVID : I'M SORRY, THE FIRST BIT, COULD I DESCRIBE.....?

JOURNALIST: YOUR FAMILY..........

SIR DAVID 1 MY FAMILY, AND THEN MY IMPRESSIONS OF HONG KONG....

JOURNAL IST : YES, AND CHINA. SIR DAVID : ...AND CHINA, I DON'T KNOW IF MY FAMILY WOULD ALLOW

ME TO DESCRIBE THEM....(LAUGHTER).... I HAVE A...MY WIFE OWNS AND RUNS A MONTESSORI NURSERY SCHOOL HERE IN LONDON. THAT'S SOMETHING WHICH SHE HAS DONE SINCE BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED AND WHICH SHE VERY MUCH ENJOYS AND WHICH, AS HER HUSBAND I THINK CAN SAY SHE DOES EXTREMELY WELL. HAVE TWO SONS WHO ARE NOW AGED 18, ALMOST 19, AND 17, ALMOST 18. ELDER SON HAS JUST FINISHED AT SCHOOL. HE'S IN A GAP BETWEEN SCHOOL AND A UNIVERSITY. AT PRESENT DOING WORK... RESEARCH FOR A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND HE'S GOING NEXT MONTH TO TEACH ENGLISH IN BHUTAN. SECOND SON IS IN HIS LAST TWO TERMS AT SCHOOL AND WILL BE GOING TO UNIVERSITY AFTER THAT, BUT WHEN HE'S HAD A GAP HE....PERHAPS I SHOULDN'T REVEAL WHO HE'S WORKING FOR. IT'S FOR THE..... HE'S WORKING FOR MR PETER TURNER.

ON MY IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA AND HONG KONG, I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO GO ON TOO LONG ON THAT. I'VE SPENT A LOT OF MY LIFE INVOLVED WITH BOTH CHINA AND HONG KONG. I'M DEEPLY INTERESTED IN BOTH AND PERHAPS ALL I COULD SAY IS THAT I'M VERY PLEASED INDEED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK, TO WORK IN AND FOR HONG KONG.

CHAIRMAN : NEXT? DOWN THERE SIR.....AT THE BACK.

TERRY NEALON (RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG): SIR DAVID, CAN I ASK

ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF ACCOUNTABILITY? TRADITIONALLY IN HONG KONG I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH FREE FROM PUBLIC CRITICISM FOR THE DAILY ACTIONS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION. DO YOU THINK THE BUCK SHOULD STOP AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND THAT THE GOVERNOR SHOULD TAKE DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF HIS GOVERNMENT POLICIES?

/SIR DAVID :