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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1992

"I BAVE TO SAY TODAY AS I HAVE SAID CONSISTENTLY IN THE PAST

OUR DOLLAR FROM SEE NO CASE WHATSOEVER FOR US UNCOUPLING DOLLAR,"

I

THE

U.S.

STABILITY IN

THE CONSIDERABLE

LAST

"I THINK THE DOLLAR LINK HAS GIVEN US FEW YEARS DURING WHAT NIGHT HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE TIMES OF TURMOIL.

EXAMPLES

SUCH

AS

OCCASIONAL THE SOVIET UNION,

MR

PASSING PATTEN

THE GULF WAR, DISAGREEMENTS WITH CHINA AND COUPS IN

SAID.

TRANSCRIPT OF GOVERNOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN JAPAN

THE

FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY

PRESS CLUB TODAY CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AT THE JAPAN NATIONAL

RT HON (FRIDAY):

BY MY GOVERNOR ¦ I HAVE ALREADY MADE A FAIRLY LONG SPEECH, AT LEAST

STANDARDS, I STANDARDS, AT LUNCH-TIME, AND EVEN MORE CURIOUS BY MY

DONE DELIVERFO FROM A TEXT, SO NOBODY HAD TO DO SHORTHAND, SO I HAVE

MUCH AT THE YOUR WORL FOR YOU TODAY AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY VERY

SAY A FEW FEQUALS I CAN JUST OF OPENING

THUS PRESS CONFERENCE. THINGS VERY BRIEFLY.

I WANTED TO ATTEND THE ALL,

BUSINESS PO-OPERATION

IS

I HAD TWO PURPOSES IN COMING TO JAPAN, ONE OF THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG. TRIPS OVERSEAS THAT I'VE MADE SINCE I BECAME

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HONG FIRST OF

WHICH COMMITTFE

ITSELF AN KONG/JAPAN

RELATIONSHIP INSTITUTIONALISED REMINDER OF THE VERY CLOSE

AND TRADE BETWEEN HỌNG KONG AND JAPAN, ONE OF THE CLOSEST BUSINESS RELATIONS, NOT ONLY IN THE REGION BUT IN THE WORLD, AND I WANT TO SEE THAT CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN.

BUSINESS

AND

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OVERLAPPING INTERESTS IN THE REGION

AND I WAS, THEREFORE, THE WORLD AND A NUMBER OF SHARED CONCERNS,

AN OFFICIAL VISIT. DELIGHTED TO ACCEPT AN INVITATION TO MAKE SU

INCLUDE THE SUCCESSFUL OPENING UP THOSE SHARED INTERESTS AND CONCERNS

WORLD, AND OF CHINA'S KOONOMY, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE WHOLE CONTINUING OPEN AND FREE TRADE, WHICH IS THE BEST WAY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS. ALSO BOTH BAVF A SHARED EXPERIENCE, SHARED FXPERIENCE OF PRACTISING MARKET TCONOMICS IN AN OPEN. FREE

THE FRAMEWORK OF THE RULE OF TOLERANT SOCIETY WHICH WORKS KITHIN

OF SUSTAINING

A

AND LAW. THAT WE CAN I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO EXPLAIN HOW I WANT TO ENSURE

PRIME CONTINUE THAT WAY ES HONG KONG IN A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH THE

NUMBER MINISTER, THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND FINANCE MINISTER AND WITH A OF POLITICAL LEADERS, AND KITU RUSIKPSS LEADERS

KEITANKEN YESTERDAY.

AS WELL, AT

THE

IT'S BEEN,

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