XN000022-1993-07-07 — Page 2

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1993

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FOREIGN SECRETARY'S BEIJING VISIT GIVES IMPULSE TO TALKS GOVERNOR

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THE GOVERNOR, THE ᎡᎢ HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT HE THOUGHT THE MEETING BETWEEN THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY, THE RT HON DOUGLAS HURD, AND THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER, MR QIAN QICHEN, IN BEIJING LATER THIS WEEK WOULD TAKE THINGS FORWARD.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL, MR PATTEN SAID HE HOPED THE MEETING WOULD HELP CONCENTRATE MINDS AND GIVE THE CURRENT SINO-BRITISH TALKS MORE IMPULSE TOWARDS SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION.

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ASKED IF HE AGREED HONG KONG WAS A POLITICAL CITY, AS MR HAD STATED, THE GOVERNOR SAID "WHAT I THINK DOUGLAS HURD DID EXTREMELY ACCURATELY WAS TO DESCRIBE THE CONSEQUENCES OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE, NOT JUST IN HONG KONG, BUT EVERYWHERE.

AND DISCUSSIONS

"LOOK AT OUR FREE PRESS, LOOK AT THE DEBATES THAT TAKE PLACE IN DISTRICT BOARDS, IN MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, ON TELEVISION AND IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE BECOMING BETTER OFF, RECOMING BETTER EDUCATED, WITH TELEVISION, WITH NEWSPAPERS, WITH SATELLITE TV, WITH CELLULAR TELEPHONE, THAT HAS AN EFFECT ON THEIR INTEREST

IN WHAT'S GOING ON ABOUT THEM, AND IN THEIR INTEREST IN HAVING A SAY IN WHAT'S GOING ON ABOUT THEM, HE SAID.

"MORE SPECIFICALLY, I AM DELIGHTED THAT DOUGLAS HURD IS ΤΟ PEKING ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND THAT HE IS ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH US IN HONG KONG TELLING US ABOUT HIS TALKS ON THE WAY FROM PEKING ON FRIDAY EVENING.

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"THE SEVENTH ROUND OF TALKS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH MR JIANG AND THE CHINESE TEAM HAVE, I THINK, GONE REASONABLY WELL AND I THINK, HAVE JUSTIFIED, THROUGH THE PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE, THE DECISION TO HAVE THE MEETING IN PEKING.

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CALL TO IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) CALLED ON TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS TO WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT ΤΟ IMPROVE HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY RECORD.

SPEAKING DURING A MEETING WITH TRADE UNION LEADERS, MR LAU CHIN-SHEK, MR LEE CHEUR-YAN AND MR CHAN KAM-HONG, MR PATTEN SAID:

"WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO BREAK THE CULTURE OF RECKLESSNESS WHICH IS MOST EVIDENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHERE EVERY HAS A 30 PER CENT CHANCE OF BEING INJURED EVERY YEAR.

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