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GOVERNOR RECOVERS WELL

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1993

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, IS RECOVERING WELL, A GOVERNMENT HOUSE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

TODAY

HE WENT FOR A ONE-HOUR WALK IN THE COUNTRY PARK EARLIER WITH DR STEPHEN LEE OF THE CARDIAC TEAM, GOVERNMENT MEDICAL UNIT, QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL, AND DR LUK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

THE DOCTORS ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT MR PATTEN IS MAKING A GOOD RECOVERY AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO RESUME WORK ON FEBRUARY 15 AS PLANNED.

DR STEPHEN LRE IS THE CARDIOLOGIST WHO HEADED A TEAM WHICH INCLUDED DR RAYMOND CHAN, DR LENDA LAM AND DR KENNETH LAM. THEY SUCCESSFULLY TREATED THE GOVERNOR AT THE LEWIS LABORATORY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3.

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STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TO POLITICAL REFORMS: SHA

THE GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL BLUEPRINT WAS ACCORDANCE WITH THE STEP-BY-STEP PRINCIPLE OF REFORMS, FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

FORMULATED IN THE SECRETARY

SPEAKING AT THE CHINESE ETHNIC MINORITIES SHOW IN CENTRAL, MR SUEN STRESSED THAT THE PROPOSALS WERE MADE AFTER THE GOVERNMENT HAD FULLY CONSIDERED AND BALANCED THE VIEWS FROM VARIOUS SECTORS.

MANY OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS, HE ADDED, WERE RECEIVED SINCE THE GOVERNOR'S REFORM PACKAGE WAS ANNOUNCED.

THESE HAD BEEN COMPILED INTO A COMPENDIUM FOR REFERENCE BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND TO HELP THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS ON THE ISSUE, HE SAID.

NOTING THAT THE BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION BILL HAD BEEN INTRODUCED RECENTLY, MR SUEN CALLED ON THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ΤΟ OPENLY DISCUSS THE VARIOUS BILLS ON THE PROPOSED POLITICAL REFORMS.

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