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TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1993

That relationship, mature and mutually

reenforcing, would not only be good for Hong Kong, it

would also be good for the Asian region and extremely good

for the world.

Thank you very much.

(End of transcript.)

MR. BERGER: Interesting questions.

this vein, so I'll read one that covers some.

Several in

Aren't the British being rather hypocritical

when now, after well over half a century of colonial rule,

they're trying to democratize Hong Kong in the 1995

elections just 2 years before the Chinese take back Hong

Kong?

GOVERNOR PATTEN: It's actually more than half a

century. It's 150 years.

(Laughter.)

GOVERNOR PATTEN: I tried to answer that point

at the beginning of my speech, so either I didn't succeed

or else the question was written before I began

speaking

(Laughter.)

GOVERNOR PATTEN:

Which has been known.

(Laughter.)

/GOVERNOR PATTEN: