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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1992
GOVERNOR WELL AWARE OF GENERAL MOOD
THE
GOVERNOR, THE
RT HON CHRISTOPHER
TODAY IN
SAID PATTEN, (WEDNESDAY} HE WAS VERY WELL AWARE THAT FEELINGS EXPRESSED TO HIM HONG KONG ABOUT THE PROPOSALS IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS HAD BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY FAVOURABLE.
SPEAKING
TO REPORTERS AFTER A VISIT TO SOUTHERN SAID WHILE THERE HAD PATTEN
MADE BEEN SOME PEOPLE WHO THERE HADN'T BEEN MANY PEOPLE WHO OFFERED ALTERNATIVES.
DISTRICT,
CRITICISMS,
MR
NOT
"IN ANY DEBATE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF A COMMUNITY, IT'S IMPORTANT BUT JUST TO STRIKE POSES OR ATTITUDES; NOT JUST TO SHOUT SLOGANS TO PUT FORWARD SENSIBLE, POSITIVE PROPOSALS. THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE; THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY EXPECTED OF ME AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO A RESPONSE IN DUE COURSE, HE SAID.
I
"MY RESOLVE IS TO DO WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE HONG OF HONG KONG. THE PROPOSALS I PUT FORWARD LAST WEEK WERE MADE IN KONG; THE PROPOSALS I PUT FORWARD REPRESENT MY BEST JUDGMENT BALANCE OF OPINION IN HONG KONG," HE ADDED.
HE
OF THE
SAID THE
COMMENTING ON HIS VISIT TO PEKING NEXT WEEK, THE GOVERNOR WAS
MEETING WITH PARTICULARLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE OF CHINA'S STATE COUNCIL, MR LU PING.
"I
THAT IT
THINK
WOULD BE WRONG ΤΟ THINK THAT ONE
TO ESTABLISHING ACCOMPLISH TOO MUCH IN A FIRST TRIP, BUT I'LL LOOK PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH MR LU PING AND HIS COLLEAGUES.
"I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO MY FIRST DISCUSSION ABOUT A MATTERS WHICH ARE OF GREAT CONCERN TO HONG KONG, SUCH AS IMPORTANCE OF WORKING IN A MORE EFFECTIVE, CO-OPERATIVE WAY WITH CRIME AND SMUGGLING, MR PATTEN SAID.
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"
CAN
A
NUMBER OF THE GREAT TO DEAL
I'LL ALSO OF COURSE BE DISCUSSING THE PROPOSALS THAT I MADE IN AND MY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SPEECH LAST WEEK ABOUT THE 1995 ELECTIONS, I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ANY PROPOSALS WHICH MR LU PING COLLEAGUES HAVE TO MAKE, HE ADDED.
AND HIS
DEAL
"MR LU PING IS A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT MAN WHO KNOWS A GREAT ABOUT HONG KONG, AND I'M SURE THAT HE WILL WANT TO HAVE AN INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION AS WELL, HE SAID.
יו
VISITS TO HIS
THE
DISTRICTS
IN
MR PATTEN SAID
WERE A VERY OF KEEPING IMPORTANT WAY OF KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH THE COMMUNITY, TOUCH WITH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WHO DID SUCH AN IMPORTANT JOB.
"AND I AM ANXIOUS, AS I THINK YOU KNOW FROM MY POLICY SPEECH TO I THINK IT'S SHARE WITH THEM MORE OF THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT.
THAT MATTERS IMPORTANT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE MORE SAY IN AFFECT THEIR COMMUNITIES, HE SAID.
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