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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1991

UNDER

LEGCO OVER

FURTHER, HE SAID THAT MOST OF THE MEETINGS OF THE

THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WOULD TAKE PLACE MR JOHN SWAINE, THE FIRST DEPUTY PRESIDENT EVER TO BE APPOINTED.

ENSURING

"MR SWAINE WOULD HAVE THE IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT THE COUNCIL'S BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED IMPARTIALLY AND EFFICIENTLY.

"HIS APPOINTMENT IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN OUR EVOLUTION TOWARDS A WHOLLY-ELECTED COUNCIL IN 1995," HE SAID, ADDING THAT IT UNDERLINED THE DISTINCT AND INDEPENDENT ROLE WHICH THE COUNCIL WOULD PLAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.

THE

SERVICE, COUPLED

"MR SWAINE'S DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF PUBLIC WITH HIS EXPERIENCE AS A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL, MAKE HIM PARTICULARLY WELL-SUITED TO BE YOUR FIRST DEPUTY PRESIDENT.

SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE WORK OF THE LEGCO HAD IN PAST BEEN CHARACTERISED BY A SPIRIT OF PRAGMATISM AND A RESPECT THE VIEWS OF OTHERS.

"WE MUST RETAIN THESE TRADITIONS OF TOLERANCE, COMMON SENSE HONEST DEBATE.

THE FOR

AND

LEGISLATIVE WHEREVER POSSIBLE,

**THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL BEST BE SERVED BY A COUNCIL WHICH FOCUSES ON ISSUES, DECISIONS AND, CONSENSUS, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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HARMONIOUS AND EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HK AND CHINA IMPORTANT

A

THEIR WILSON,

IT 18 IMPORTANT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMUNITY AS WHOLE TO ESTABLISH A HARMONIOUS AND EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTERPARTS AT ALL LEVELS IN CHINA, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING

ON THE

SUBJECT OF

CHINA

IN HIS YEARS, CHINA WOULD

RELATIONS WITH POLICY SPEECH, SIR DAVID SAID IN LESS THAN SIX RESUME SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG AND THIS SIMPLE NUMBER

1997 TO WHY

OF MANAGEMENT

SIGNIFICANCE.

TRANSITION THE

WAS

-

DEMONSTRATED

OF THE

GREATEST

HE SAID

HONG KONG HAD DEVELOPED SOCIAL AND VERY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF CHINA.

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

"PARTLY FOR THIS REASON, RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES NOT ALWAYS BEEN AS SMOOTH AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED," HE SAID.

HAS GIVEN HONG KONG A

HAVE

STYLE OF ASSUME BE UNDERSTOOD OR

"BECAUSE HISTORY

DIFFERENT RUNNING ITS AFFAIRS, POLITICAL AS WELL AS ECONOMIC, WE CANNOT THAT OUR WAY OF

IMMEDIATELY DOING THINGS WILL

APPRECIATED IN PEKING," HE ADDED.

/HOWEVER, SIR