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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1993

GOVERNOR AT SHATIN PUBLIC MEETING

VERY MUCH CAME TO SHATIN FIRST OF

IN

GOVERNOR:

GOOD EVENING LADIES & GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU

LAST YEAR, WHEN I INDEED FOR COMING THIS EVENING. AFTER MY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SPEECH, MADE TWO PROMISES. ALL, I SAID THAT I WOULD DO SOMETHING WHICH I HAD BEEN ADVISED TO DO HAVE DINNER AT THE PIGEON BUT HADN'T YET DONE AND THAT WAS TO RESTAURANT IN SHATIN. WELL, THIS YEAR, TO CELEBRATE MY FIRST YEAR

PIGEON RESTAURANT KONG KONG, I WENT WITH ALL MY OFFICE STAFF TO THE

SECONDLY, I'D PROMISED THAT I'D AND WE HAD AN AWFUL LOT OF PIGEONS.

EVERY YEAR COME BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING THIS YEAR AND

SO HERE I AM AGAIN KEEPING LAST AFTER MY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SPEECH.

WHO I THINK YEAR'S PROMISE AND IF HADN'T HAVE DONE SO, EMILY LAU

THOSE OF YOU WOULD HAVE SCOLDED ME. IS IN THE AUDIENCE SOMEWHERE

AN EVENING WHO CAME LAST YEAR WILL KNOW THAT THIS EVENING IS REALLY

THEY TALK FOR YOU RATHER THAN ME. PEOPLE USE VERY GRAND WORDS WHEN

IS THE ABOUT POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT. ONE OF THE PHRASES THEY USE

TO THE LEGISLATURE. ONE EXECUTIVE, THE GOVERNMENT BEING ACCOUNTABLE

SHOULD MAKE OF THE THINGS THAT MEANS IS THAT THE EXECUTIVE LIKE ME

NOW, BEFORE I ASK OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF YOU.

DO, I WHETHER ANY OF YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION AND IF NONE OF YOU GUESS WE CAN ALL. GO HOME EARLY.

—

HONG WELL

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MAKE A COUPLE OF BEFORE I ASK FOR QUESTIONS, JUST LET ME

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SPEECH TO VERY BRIEFLY COMMENTS

OF US LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL YESTERDAY. I SAID THEN, AND I THINK ALL KNOW IT'S TRUE, THAT THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD ONE FOR KONG IN EVERY SENSE EXCEPT ONE. OUR ECONOMY HAS DONE EXTREMELY

TO ONCE AGAIN AND BECAUSE OUR ECONOMY HAS DONE WELL, WE'VE BEEN ABLE

FOR EDUCATION, FOR DO MORE FOR OUR HEALTH SERVICE, FOR SOCIAL WELFARE, THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR THE OTHER THINGS WE CARE ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY, LAST YEAR I SET OUT A WHOLE AGENDA OF THINGS WHICH I WANTED US TO

SPEECH THIS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND IN AN ANNEXE TO MY POLICY YEAR, WE'VE SET OUT IN DETAIL. THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE ON ALL LIVELIHOOD ISSUES. NOW, BECAUSE OUR ECONOMY HAS GONE ON DOING BECAUSE YOU'VE WORKED SO ŊARD, BECAUSE OUR ECONOMY HAS EXPAND, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE MORE COMMITMENTS THIS YEAR TO THE HEALTH SERVICE, TO GIVE MORE HELP TO THE ELDERLY, MONEY INTO OUR SCHOOLS, TO DO MANY OF THE OTHER THINGS WHICH YOU ΤΟ DO AS HONG KONG BECOMES MORE PROSPEROUS AND MORE SUCCESSFUL.

RELATIONSHIP ONE SHADOW ACROSS OUR PATH HAS BEEN THE PROBLEMS IN OUR

OP WITH CHINA AND ABOVE ALL, THE PROBLEMS IN TRYING TO AGREE TO A SET

WE BELIEVE THAT WE FAIR ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1994 AND 1995. NEED IN HONG KONG A FAIR AND OPEN ELECTION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE RULE OF LAW, IN ORDER TO HELP PROTECT OUR WAY OF LIFE, IN ORDER TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE THINGS WHICH HAVE MADE HONG KONG SUCCESSFUL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE.

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WE THINK THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT HONG

I HOPE SURVIVES AND PROSPERS WE HAVE TO STAND UP FOR HONG KONG. TALKS THAT WE ARE HAVING WITH CHINA AT THE MOMENT LEAD TO A SUCCESSFUL UP FOR HONG CONCLUSION BUT WHATEVER HAPPENS WE'LL GO ON STANDING KONG'S WAY OF LIFE. NOW, I'VE SAID ENOUGH, SO IT'S OVER TO YOU.

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