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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992

GOVERNOR: ANOTHER WORD?

QUESTION:

DO

I

GET THE RIGHT OF REPLY? I THINK EVERYBODY IS ENJOYING IT.

по

YOU

WANT

ΤΟ

SAY

I WAS IN CITY HALL BUT THEN I

TEACHER.

AROUND

I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION TO ASK. LAST NIGHT AND ACTUALLY I WAS THE FIRST TO RAISE MY HAND,

I

A AM HAVE

HERE AGAIN TO RAISE MY QUESTIONS. ΤΟ COME DURING THE RIOTS IN 1967. I TAUGHT IN MRS ELSIE TU'S SCHOOL. WHEN THE

STUDENTS HUNDRED CURFEW STARTED AT 4.30 PM, I TOOK SEVERAL KOWLOON TO TAKE EACH ONE OF THEM HOME AND ALL OF THEM WERE CRYING. AS AND I I TOLD YOU, I AM A TEACHER BUT I LOST MY JOB THREE YEARS AGO

I DON'T

ASKED TO SEE MR Y T LEE OF THE EDUCATION

BUT

AM I

A DEPARTMENT.

HE HAD NO INTEREST IN SEEING ME, SAID

WAS NO TEACHER. OF COURSE I CAN MAKE HIM SEE ME AT LAST, BUT THERË

NOW IS TO RESULT FROM

I THINK ALL THE GOVERNMENT DO OUR MEETING.

KNOW

WHY.

HE

PROCRASTINATE,

GOVERNOR:

PEOPLE THEM

IF YOU GIVE US HOLD ON A MINUTE, THERE'S 500 HERE. IF YOU GIVE US THE PAPERS ABOUT YOUR CASE, WE'LL LOOK AT AND RESPOND TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED FOR THAT QUESTION.

QUESTION:

OF NON-STATUTORY

NUMBER THE EXAMPLE,

WHICH WILL

MR PATTEN, AS PROPOSED IN YOUR POLICY SPEECH, A

FOR BODIES

ESTABLISHED, ARE TO BE AND THE GOVERNMENT LEGCO COMMITTEE, CONTAIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POWER. HOW WILL YOU GUARANTEE THERE'LL BE

OF

GIVEN

BE NO CORRESPONDING

BUSINESS COUNCIL

POWER,

NO ABUSES SUPERVISORY BODY? THANK YOU.

THAT

THERE'LL

THE

I SHOULD SAY IS THAT I GOVERNOR:

THE FIRST THING THAT, PERHAPS, THINK THE EXPRESSION NON-STATUTORY BODY WAS TRANSLATED WRONGLY IN

TEXT, "ILLEGAL", TEXT OF MY SPEECH, SO THAT IT ACTUALLY SAYS IN THE WHICH IS NOT AT ALL WHAT WE HAD IN MIND. LET ME EXPLAIN THE FUNCTIONS OF THE TWO BODIES THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT. FIRST OF ALL, I

ΤΟ BUSINESS

ENABLE COUNCIL TO

SOME OF THE LEADERS OF COMMUNITY TO GIVE ME THEIR ADVICE AND THEIR OPINIONS ON THE WE SHOULD FOLLOW TO MAKE SURE THAT HONG KONG CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS CENTRE.

WANT THE OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY A VERY

ENABLE IN THE BUSINESS PROGRAMME

SECONDLY, THE PURPOSE OF THE GOVERNMENT LEGCO COMMITTEE IS TO ME TO MEET LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS OR MY SENIOR COLLEAGUES GOVERNMENT SO THAT WE CAN PLAN THE GOVERNMENT'S THROUGH

IT WON'T BE AN EXECUTIVE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. WON'T BE A DECISION-MAKING BODY IN GOVERNMENT, BUT IT IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT

IT

BODY, WILL I HOPE AND THE LEGISLATURE.

/QUESTION: MR