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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1992

JOIN HANDS TO SECURE HK: GOVERNOR

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF US IN BRITAIN, IN CHINA AND IN HONG THE KONG, JOIN HANDS TO SECURE THE BEST POSSIBLE FUTURE FOR HONG KONG, GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

LEAVING FOR AN SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT BEFORE

WORK OFFICIAL VISIT TO PEKING, MR PATTEN SAID: "THE MOST IMPORTANT TO

THOSE WHO'LL BR FOR IS THE BEGINNING OF A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH

AS SMOOTH A TRANSITION AS

SHARING POSSIBLE.

JOB OF THE

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TRYING TO SECURE

"A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS WILL BE WORKING WITH ME ON THESE MATTERS AND I WANT TO GET TO KNOW THEM AS WELL AS POSSIBLE.

LOOKING

"A GREAT DEAL WILL DEPEND ON OUR RELATIONSHIP AND I'M

MANY MEETINGS WITH FORWARD то THE FIRST OF WHAT I IMAGINE WILL BE SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS.

SOME DIFFICULT AND "WE WILL HAVE, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS,

THOSE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS TO SOLVE. I'M SURE THE BEST WAY OF TACKLING PROBLEMS IS IN A CALM AND QUIET, AND SERIOUS AND DIGNIFIED WAY.

JOINT

AND 1997,

OUR "I'M SURE THAT IS THE BEST WAY OF SECURING WHAT IS OBJECTIVE: THAT IS THE WELL-BEING, THE PROSPERITY, THE STABILITY THE WAY OF LIFE OF HONG KONG. IT'S A LONG JOURNEY FROM HERE TO BUT I REGARD THIS AS A VERY IMPORTANT FIRST STEP AND IT'S ONE TO WHICH I'M LOOKING FORWARD, HE SAID.

NEW

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TAKE ANY ΤΟ TIME

US BY CAN MAKE

COMMENTING ON THE AIRPORT, MR PATTEN SAID: "I DON'T PROPOSALS WITH ME. BUT WE HAVE MADE PROPOSALS FROM TIME WHICH WE

HAVE BELIEVED MET THE POINTS THAT WERE BEING PUT TO CHINESE OFFICIALS. I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT IN DUE COURSE WE PROGRESS, BUT I'LL BE INTERESTED IN WHETHER CHINESE OFFICIALS HAVE NEW PROPOSALS TO MAKE.

"I

PROPOSALS AND I'M

ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID: "I PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS, AS I'M BOUND TO DO, FOR THE 1995 ELECTIONS. IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ΤΟ PUT FORWARD I'LL BE VERY INTERESTED IN CONSIDERING THEM SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THEM AS WELL.

TO CHINA THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WOULD BE DISCUSSING HIS VISIT WITH THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND ALSO BRIEF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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