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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1992

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GOVERNOR WANTS CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE

ΤΟ

ON

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID

THURSDAY (VANCOUVER TIME) THAT HE WANTED

HAVE A "CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE" 1995 WITH PEKING BASED ON THE CRITERIA WHICH HE HAD LAID DOWN FOR THE ELECTIONS.

PEKING "WHOLLY

THE ACCEPT"

CRITERIA.

IN HE SAID OFFICIALS "THOSE YARDSTICKS ARE THAT THE ELECTIONS' ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE FAIR, SHOULD BE OPEN, AND SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO PEOPLE OF HONG KONG."

AT MR PATTEN TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE HIS DEPARTURE TO OTTAWA FOR THE SECOND LEG OF HIS CANADA.

VANCOUVER HOTEL BEFORE FOUR-DAY VISIT IN

"INCLUDES

"THE ACCEPTABILITY TO ΤΟ ACCEPTABILITY PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

THE PEOPLE OF HONG

HE KONG," THE LEGISLATURE WHICH REPRESENTS

SAID,

THE

HIS IDEAS ON THE IN CONCRETE AND

OTHER IN HONG KONG

1995 I WAS PROPOSALS

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HAD PUT FORWARD ELECTIONS AS "PROPOSALS". "THEY WEREN'T SET PREPARED TO DISCUSS, AND SEE DISCUSSED AT THE END OF THE DAY."

PROPOSALS

RATHER

THAN JUST

"I STILL THINK THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE PUT FORWARD CRITICISMS," MR PATTEN SAID.

TO

FOR HELPFUL

PUT

PEOPLE FORWARD BLANKET

BE

HE SAID THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG "DESERVES TO

"THROUGH ADDRESSED CONSTRUCTIVELY"

THE EXCHANGE OF PROPOSALS RATHER THAN THE EXCHANGE OF ADJECTIVES.

M

CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE

"WHAT I AM CONCERNED TO DO IS TO HAVE A WITHIN THE CRITERIA THAT I HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER," THE GOVERNOR SAID, "AND

THINK

AND

THE BEST WAY OF DISCUSSION

CONSULTATION I PROCEEDING RATHER THAN ANY OTHER WAY."

IS

THE ONES PUT FORWARD

"SO FAR THE ONLY PROPOSALS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE ARE

BUT IF OTHERS WANT ΤΟ THAT I HAVE PUT ON THE TABLE, PROPOSALS, I THINK THAT WILL BE WIDELY WELCOMED," HE SAID.

"HOW CAN YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION UNLESS THERE THE TABLE?"

RESIST

EVERY

THE BEST WAY OF

MODEST

HONG KONG ANBITION OF A SLIGHTLY

ARE PROPOSALS ON

SECURING POLITICAL OVER THE NEXT

AN

FEW

INCREASINGLY GREATER SHARE IN

THAT "I DON'T BELIEVE STABILITY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IN YEARS IS ΤΟ PROSPEROUS, WELL EDUCATED PEOPLE, FOR

"

DETERMINING THEIR OWN FUTURE, MR PATTEN CONCLUDED.

EARLIER IN THE DAY THE GOVERNOR

COLUMBIA, THE

HON

MICHAEL

HARCOURT,

MET

THE PREMTER

OF

BRITISH

AND

WITH DISCUSSED AND HONG KONG,

HIM

THE

AND

THE

ECONOMIC AND TRADE LINKS BETWEEN VANCOUVER VIEWS THAT HE HAD PUT FORWARD ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT,

/HE ALSO