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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1993

KONG. THAT

ALL

ARE

THEM

AN

IN

GOVERNOR:

WELL, CHARGES ABOUT SINCERITY OR LACK OF SINCERITY PART OF THE RHETORIC OF THE NONA AND I THINK I'D LIKE TO LEAVE THERE. ALL I WILL SAY IS THAT WE ARE SINCERE IN TRYING TO SECURE

WE OUTCOME.

PROGRESS WANT TO SEE PROGRESS BUT WE WANT TO SEE

THAT THINK ACCOMPLISHES THE TWO OBJECTIVES THAT I'VE MENTIONED AND WHICH I PEOPLE IN HONG KONG FEEL PARTICULARLY STRONGLY ABOUT NOT LEAST BECAUSE HONG OF AN INCIDENT THAT'S TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS HERE IN

I HOPE WE CAN SEE PROGRESS. THERE WAS ANOTHER REMARK MADE

BY THE COMMENTARY

CNA TO THE

WHAT EFFECT THAT

THESE BRITISH DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATES WERE ABOUT WERE AN ATTEMPT TO PROLONG INFLUENCE AFTER 1997. I DO THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE SILLIER CRITICISMS THAT I'VE HEARD. WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO AND I AM SURE THAT WHOEVER WROTE

RECOGNISED THOSE REMARKS FOR THE CNA SHOULD HAVE

IT.

WHAT WE

ACTUALLY ARE

TRYING TO DO IS ΤΟ

THE ENSURE THAT

JOINT DECLARATION IS IMPLEMENTED AFTER 1997 TO THE LETTER AND I HOPE TO THE

TO SPIRIT

DO AS

IT'S GOT NOTHING WELL FOR FIFTY YEARS AFTER 1997.

BRITAIN WITH PROLONGING BRITISH INFLUENCE AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH

INTERESTS OF AND CHINA LIVING UP TO THEIR TREATY OBLIGATIONS IN THE THE WELL-BEING AND PROSPERITY OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

QUESTION:

то DECEMBER

REVISED

POSITION

ΤΟ

DECIDE THE

ARE YOU PREPARED TO WAIT UNTIL WHETHER YOU ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE YOUR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL?

GOVERNOR:

I'VE STUDIOUSLY

-

-

THAT GOES

DESPITE ALL YOUR CHARMING ATTEMPTS TO GET ME TO DO OTHERWISE AVOIDED RINGING DATES IN THE CALENDAR. REMAINS MY OBJECTIVE. BUT AS I'VE SAID TO YOU BEFORE 'TICK-TOCK' THE CLOCK.

QUESTION:

MR PATTEN, THE SAR GOVERNMENT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE THEIR MEETING IN BEIJING. HAVING

DO YOU REGARD THEIR WORK KIND OF INTERFERENCE TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S POLICY?

IS

AS

SOME

NO.

THAT

DECLARATION

WORK

BEFORE

A

GOVERNOR:

THEY HAVE TOLD US ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS

CHINESE OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD US ON A NUMBER THAT ISN'T THE INTENTION. OF OCCASIONS THAT ISN'T THE INTENTION. I DON'T THINK THAT THEIR WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE DISCHARGE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES 1997,

THOUGH I HOPE THAT IT HELPS THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT BEHAVE IN WAY

AFTER WHICH ENSURES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT

WITH 1997.

I DARE SAY THAT THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE WOULD SPEAK

MORE OF EVEN MORE RESONANCE ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IF THEM

FROM THE HAD A MANDATE FROM THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, NOT JUST HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE. BUT THEY ARE OF COURSE DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS, MANY OF THEM, AND I HOPE THAT THEY GIVE GOOD ADVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PRC.

/QUESTION