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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1992

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WE'VE BUT THEN IF STATE INTERVENTION ON THE SCALE THAT

THE AND MR PATTEN, SEEN IN SOME OF THESE COUNTRIES, HAS MADE A MESS

MENTIONED EASTERN EUROPE THEN BUSINESS, GOVERNOR,

BELIEVE, WITH I

COULD ALL ITS SKILLS AND MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH,

ALSO, BUT, IT SEEMS TO ME PERHAPS SEE IF IT CAN DO ANY BETTER. CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR, WITH THE VOLUNTARY WITH NGO'S, WITH ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THESE AREAS.

NOTHING AS THE

ALTHOUGH GOVERNOR SAID, THE SECRET SEEMS TO BE, IDEAL.

AT LEAST ONE SECRET PERHAPS IS THE KIND OF FRAMEWORK WHICH PROVIDED FOR PEOPLE TO OPERATE WITHIN.

PEOPLE,

IN SECTOR,

AND

IS

IS

OF THESE IT'S TOO

I'M

OR

SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HOPE THAT THIS PARTICULAR GATHERING HAS GIVEN YOU SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT. AT LEAST, SO OFTEN IN MY

SOME WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM ABOUT EXPERIENCE, ISSUES,

REACT AND SAY, "OH, WE CAN'T DO THIS, IMMEDIATELY DIFFICULT" AND "IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE", AND "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, TOO BUSY", AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING, BUT IN FACT YOU FIND FREQUENTLY - I DO THIS MYSELF, I GO AWAY AND THINK ABOUT IT LATER IN THE BATH

THAT SOMETHING LIKE

TO AND THEN YOU SUDDENLY START

THINK, WELL LITTLE BIT PERHAPS THERE IS SOMETHING HERE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT A MORE CLOSELY. SO I HOPE THAT AT LEAST, IF NOTHING ELSE, YOU MAY STOP IS YOU'RE AND THINK IN YOUR BATH, OR IN THE CAR BACK TO WHEREVER IT

PLACE GOING, AND THAT MAYBE SOME NEWER THOUGHTS AND ACTION WILL TAKE HERE IN HONG

AND IN CLOSER

WITH RELATIONSHIP

THE PERHAPS REPUBLIC OF CHINA. AND IN THAT SENSE I PEOPLE'S

AM DELIGHTED AND PEOPLE'S GRATIFIED THAT THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE

I HOPE THAT REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, AND

IN THERE WILL BE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED, AND A FRUITFUL ONE, THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

KONG,

AND THE FINAL THING TO DO IS TO THANK ROBERT DAVIES HERE. FOR KIS EXTREMELY SKILFUL HANDLING OF THIS

EXERCISE. WHOLE

VERY WITHOUT HIS ENTHUSIASM AND EXTRAORDINARY ORGANISATION, WITH HIS SMALL TEAM, NONE OF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, AND I AM ENORMOUSLY GRATEFUL TO YOU, ROBERT.

SO, THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT LUNCH.

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