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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1993

GOVERNOR REITERATES DETERMINATION TO MAKE TALKS A SUCCESS

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY (FRIDAY) SAID THAT THE BRITISH TEAM WAS DETERMINED TO TRY TO MAKE A SUCCESS THE TALKS ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE TAI MEI TUK YOUTH HOSTEL, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO SINCERELY.

**WE ARE GOING TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE ARRANGEMENTS HONG KONG WHICH ARE FAIR AND OPEN, ARRANGEMENTS WHICH HELP TO THE RULE OF LAW IN HONG KONG.

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"I DON'T WANT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SPENDING THE FUTURE LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDERS."

ASKED ABOUT THE RELEASE OF A SPEECH MADE BY MR DENG XIAOPING 11 YEARS AGO, MR PATTEN NOTED THAT THE SPEECH PREDATED THE SIGNING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY WHICH GUARANTEES HONG KONG'S WAY OF LIFE FOR 50 YEARS AFTER 1997,

"I DON'T THINK IT IS A CAUSE OF CONCERN. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HONG KONG WILL BE PARTICULARLY SURPRISED BY ANYTHING IT SAYS, " HE

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"WE ALL KNOW THAT BRITAIN IS SOVEREIGN, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG UNTIL 30 JUNE, 1997, WE WILL DO, I HOPE, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, A VERY GOOD JOB UNTIL THEN AND THEN, I HOPE THAT THE JOINT DECLARATION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FOR 50 YEARS AFTERWARDS.

IN RESPONSE ΤΟ A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER MR DOUGLAS HURD'S EARLIER STATEMENT ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES WILL AFFECT THE MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO FOREIGN MINISTERS, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "CHINESE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN MAKING IT CLEAR, I THINK, IN THE MARGINS OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE THAT THEY DON'T THINK THAT SPORT AND POLITICS SHOULD GET IN ONE ANOTHER'S WAY."

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THINK THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS REACTED AT THE MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE WITH CONSIDERABLE DIGNITY. OBVIOUSLY, THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED AS MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WERE DISAPPOINTED.

GAMES ADDED.

"THE IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO DO IS TO ENSURE THAT THE OLYMPIC ARE CARRIED OUT IN THE BEST PLACE IN THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT,

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