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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1941

THE

HOWEVER. SIR DAVID SAID THIS DID NOT MEAN THAT AFTER 1997

LINE WITH HONG KONG WAY OF DOING THINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT IN THE SYSTEMS IN PEKING.

"HONG KONG'S WAY OF DOING THINGS, AND OUR OWN CONTINUE. THAT IS WHAT "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" MEANS.

SYSTEMS, WILL

"BUT IF WE ARE TO BUILD THE SORT OF PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINA THAT CIVIL WE NEED, IT IS VITAL THAT ALL OF US, MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, SERVANTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, STRIVE TO PRESENT OUR HONG KONG POINT OF VIEW PATIENTLY AND CAREFULLY - AND BE PREPARED TO LISTEN WITH EQUAL CARE AND PATIENCE.

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THAT THE THE GOVERNOR SAID OUR AIM AND EXPECTATION SHOULD BE GOOD SENSE AND GOODWILL WHICH HAD RESOLVED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES SINCE THE JOINT DECLARATION WOULD CONTINUE TO PREVAIL.

THIS

HAD

GIVEN FRESH BEEN EXPECTATION

AND LAST MONTII ΤΟ PEKING VISIT TO MINISTER'S MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE NEW AIRPORT.

LIFE BY THE PRIME THE THE SIGNING OF

"THANKS TO THE MEMORANDUM, WE ARE NOW MOVING AHEAD WITH WORK ON BUILDING THE AIRPORT AND PORT FACILITIES WHICH ARE SO IMPORTANT IF CENTRE, HONG KONG IS TO CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AS WELL AS A KEY COMPONENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN CHINA.

SIR DAVID SAID THESE PROJECTS WOULD ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY THE LIVES OF THE RESIDENTS OF KOWLOON, BY RIDDING THEM OF THE AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATED BY KAI TAK.

IMPROVE NOISE

THE PRESENT SITE OF KAI TAK AIRPORT AND THE WHOLE WESTERN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WOULD BE OPENED UP FOR DEVELOPMENT.

BEEN

HALF

SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING HAD THAT A RECOGNISED WIDELY, BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS, AS EVIDENCE PARTNERSHIP WAS EVOLVING BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, BASED ON A WILLINGNESS TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF HONG KONG.

IN OUR

THAT WITH PATIENCE. THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SHOWED PERSEVERANCE AND GOODWILL, EVEN THE MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEMS RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA COULD BE OVERCOME, HE ADDED.

THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING BEGINNING OF THIS NEW PHASE OF CLOSER CO-OPERATION.

"I BELIEVE IT DEMONSTRATED ONCE AGAIN COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG.

SYMBOLISED THE

THE UNITED KINGDOM'S

"THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT IS PLEDGED TO AND TO DISCHARGE

FOR THE TERRITORY UP TO 1997 ITS RESPONSIBILITY ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A STRONG AND EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION.

AND FOREIGN

"IT IS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO US ALL THAT IN VISITING PEKING IN COMING HERE TO HONG KONG, BOTH THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE SECRETARY HAVE POSITIVELY UNDERLINED, IN WORD AND DETERMINATION TO STAND BY ITS OBLIGATIONS,

DEED, BRITAIN'S

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SIR DAVID SAID.

/THE GOVERNOR .....................