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GOVERNOR IN MACAU

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1992

FOLLOWING IS

THE

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TRANSCRIPT OF THE GOVERNOR, THE

HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AND THE MACAU GOVERNOR, GENERAL ROCHA VEIERA, SPEAK TO THE PRESS AFTER MR PATTEN'S TOUR OF MACAU:

MR PATTEN:

GOVERNOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I'D JUST LIKE ΤΟ SAY THAT I'VE VERY MUCH ENJOYED MY FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO MACAU AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO YOU GOVERNOR FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY ON THIS OCCASION. WE ARE, HONG KONG AND MACAU, GOOD AND CLOSE NEIGHBOURS WITH AN EXTREMELY GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND MUCH TO CO-OPERATE ABOUT IN THE COMING YEARS. I THINK THAT WE BOTH SHARE THE SAME CONVICTION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE, PERSONALLY AS WELL AS BETWEEN OUR GOVERNMENTS, A RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS CLOSE AND CANDID AND I'VE BEEN DELIGHTED ΤΟ BE ABLE TO START IN THAT SPIRIT, GOVERNOR, TODAY. SO I SHALL LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE REGULAR CONTACTS WITH YOU AND WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES IN GOVERNMENT AND I HOPE THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO MACAU BOTH OFFICIALLY AND UNOFFICIALLY ON MANY OCCASIONS BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 30,

1997. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTION:

DO YOU THINK MACAU HAS THE SAME SITUATION AS HONG KONG IN REGARD TO THE POLITICAL SITUATION?

MR PATTEN:

NOWHERE, NO TWO PLACES ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. BUT I THINK THAT THE GOVERNOR AND I BOTH SHARE THE AMBITION TO GOVERN THE TERRITORIES FOR WHICH WE ARE RESPONSIBLE AS COMPETENTLY AND HONOURABLY AS POSSIBLE WHILE THE RESPONSIBILITIES REMAIN TO US. SO I THINK ΤΟ THAT EXTENT WE SHARE THINGS IN COMMON. BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE DIFFERENCES. THE NEW AIRPORTS ARE IMPORTANT ΤΟ BOTH TERRITORIES. THEY ARE OF DIFFERENT SIZE AND I THINK WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. I DON'T SEE THEM IN ANY WAY AS BEING RIVALS. I THINK IT'S ABUNDANTLY TRUE THAT THE PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS OF MACAU ARE IMPORTANT ΤΟ HONG KONG AND THE PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS OF BONG KONG ARE IMPORTANT TO MACAU.

QUESTION:

GOVERNOR, DO YOU THINK YOUR PRESENCE HERE IS SEEN FROM THE CHINESE POINT OF VIEW AS A BAD INFLUENCE ON US?

MR PATTEN:

I'M SURE THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS WOULD REGARD MY VISIT TO MACAU AS BEING AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR TERRITORIES AND IP CHINESE OFFICIALS ARE INTERESTED IN MY TRAVEL PLANS I HOPE THAT'S THE CONCLUSION WHICH THEY COME TO,

(QUESTION PUT TO GOVERNOR OF MACAU. ANSWERED IN PORTUGUESE)

QUESTION:

(PUT IN PORTUGUESE WITH NO TRANSLATION TO MEDIA)

/MR PATTEN: