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FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1992

PEOPLE

THE GOVERNOR: I HOPE THAT AS PEOPLE SEE THE WAY I WORK AND AS SEE WHAT I STAND FOR AND WANT TO DO, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS VERY SENSIBLE TO WORK CO-OPERATIVELY WITH ME. I BEGIN, AS I SAID YESTERDAY, FROM THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WANT ΤΟ MAKE THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE CONCEPT WHICH I REFERRED TO IN MY SPEECH OF "ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS" WORK AS SUCCESSFULLY AS WE CAN, AND THAT INVOLVES TRUST FROM BOTH SIDES, IT INVOLVES CO-OPERATION FROM BOTH SIDES.

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QUESTION: FORGET ABOUT THIS?

DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU WANT TO

THE GOVERNOR: WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TO ENSURE THAT ON THE BASIS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, A UNIQUELY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT, WE ENSURE THAT THE WAY OF LIFE OF HONG KONG CONTINUES THROUGH 1997. I WANT TO SEE AS SMOOTH AND SUCCESSFUL A TRANSITION AS POSSIBLE AND I THINK I HAVE MADE THAT CLEAR BEFORE AND I'LL MAKE IT CLEAR AS OFTEN AS I NEED TO.

SECONDLY, ON THE SPECIFIC MATTERS YOU MENTIONED OF THE COMPOSITION OF BOTH EXCO AND LEGCO, AS AGAIN I'VE SAID BEFORE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO SAY AT LEAST FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS, THESE ARE MATTERS THAT I'M GOING TO DISCUSS WITH LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THESË ARE MATTERS WHICH I'LL BE FORMING A VIEW ON WITH

THE LEADERS OF COMMUNITY BETWEEN NOW AND THE AUTUMN, AND THEY ARE MATTERS ON WHICH WILL BE EXTREMELY SPECIFIC ONCE I SPEAK TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OCTOBER.

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I'LL TAKE, LITERALLY ONE MORE, AND THEN I WANT TO SEE BISHOP KWONG AND CARDINAL WU, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE APPOINTMENTS WITH ME.

QUESTION:

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THE GOVERNOR: THE QUESTION WAS QUITE A LONG QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL, WHETHER, WHEN I SPOKE OF EXECUTIVE-LED GOVERNMENT IT IMPLIED THAT I WOULD MAKE CHANGES IN THE WAY THAT THE GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS AT PRESENT WORK RIGHT?

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THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS THAT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR EXISTING INSTITUTIONS WORK EFFECTIVELY AND VIGOROUSLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, SUPPORTING THE LEADERSHIP WHICH I WILL GIVING ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. AND I'LL BE TALKING LEADERS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ABOUT THE ROLE AND THE FUNCTIONS OF THOSE GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS, TO ENSURE THAT THEY WORK AS WELL AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN AND THAT THEY WORK TOGETHER AS WELL AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.

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WHAT YOU'RE

THE FIRST QUESTION WAS WHEN I SAID THAT ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP RESTED WITH ME, DOES IT MEAN REALLY SAYING THAT THE BUCK STOPS HERE?

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YES,

IT DOES MEAN THAT THE BUCK STOPS HERE. I HAVE TO TAKE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT GO WITH THE OFFICE OF GOVERNORSHIP, I TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PROVIDING LEADERSHIP IN THIS

I WANT TO LEAD THE COMMUNITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY,

THOSE WHO SHARE MY AIMS, I WANT TO BUILD AS MUCH UNDERSTANDING ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS

TO MY JOB ENSURE THAT HONG KONG IS AS WELL GOVERNED AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED. NICE TO SEE YOU AND WE WILL MEET IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. VERY MUCH.

I DARE SAY

THANK

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