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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1992

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON HIS RETURN FROM JAPAN

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I'VE HAD AN EXTREMELY USEFUL AND SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO JAPAN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PURPOSES WAS TO ATTEND THE BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE WHICH HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING. I

HONGKONG-JAPAN HAD AN OFFICIAL VISIT AND MET THE JAPANESE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER, THE JAPANESE FINANCE MINISTER, THE MINISTER PRIME MINISTER, THE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND A NUMBER OF POLITICAL LEADERS; I MET A NUMBER OF JAPANESE BUSINESS LEADERS AT

OTHER JAPANESE KBIDANREN AND

THE ALSO MADE A NUMBER OF SPEECHES, INCLUDING ONE KNOW,

YESTERDAY AT A LUNCH ATTENDED, I THINK, BY

AS YOU ALMOST 700 PEOPLE. SO

HUNDRED IT WAS A VERY GOOD VISIT. IT UNDERPINNED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JAPAN.

STRONG WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH JAPAN. JAPAN ARE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS, AND I WAS DELIGHTED то HAVE THE OPPPORTUNITY OF TALKING VERY JAPANESE LEADERS OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS. I'M LOOKING PAYING MANY FUTURE VISITS TO JAPAN OVER THE NEXT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS WHICH I HOPE WILL HELP TO STRENGTHEN THE LINKS COMMUNITIES.

CANDIDLY TO FORWARD TO

BETWEEN OUR

EXTREMELY OF THE

PERHAPS I CAN JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING. I SAD

WAS TODAY TO LEARN OF THE DEATH OF PETER ALLEN. HE WAS ONE LAST SENIOR OFFICIALS THAT I SAW BEFORE I LEFT FOR TOKYO, PETER WAS AN OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANT. HE HAD WORKED ENORMOUSLY CONSCIENTIOUSLY

HARD, VERY OVER THE YEARS FOR HONG KONG, HIS CAREER WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

VERY I AM SURE THAT I FOR EVERYONE IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, ALL HIS COLLEAGUES FRIENDS IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN EXTENDING MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS WIFE TO HIS FAMILY. IT WAS A GREAT SHOCK TO ALL HIS FRIENDS IN THE SERVICE AND I'M SURE A GREAT SHOCK TO EVERYONE IN HONG KONG WHO HIM AND LIKED HIM AS WE DID.

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QUESTION: MR PATTEN, ARE YOU FRUSTRATED THAT THE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER DID NOT SUPPORT YOU OPENLY ABOUT YOUR POLITICAL PROPOSALS?

GOVERNOR: DID YOU ATTEND THE PRESS CONFERENCE BEFORE I LEFT FOR TOKYO? DID YOU COME HERE? IF YOU HAD DONE, YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD ME SAY THAT I RECOGNISED THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT RECKONED THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION WAS PRIMARILY A MATTER FOR PEKING AND LONDON AND HONG KONG. AND THAT WAS THEIR POSITION AND WOULD BE THEIR POSITION. THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY INTERESTED IN DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG, THAT THEY RECOGNISED THOSE DIPLOMATIC GUIDELINES. THEREFORE, I CAN'T HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED SINCE I HADN'T EXPECTED ΤΟ HAPPEN WHAT YOU CLAIM WOULD HAVE DISAPPOINTED ME, HAD IT NOT HAPPENED, IF YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN. I SAID THAT AT EVEN GREATER LENGTH YESTERDAY WITH EVEN MORE DOUBLE NEGATIVES.

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QUESTION: MR PATTEN, GUO PENGMIN'S COMMENTS ABOUT CT9 INDICATE THAT THERE IS NO RESPITE IN THE CHINESE DIPLOMATIC AGAINST YOUR REFORMS OR AGAINST YOUR PROGRAMME?

DOES THAT OFFENSIVE

/GOVERNOR: I