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GOVERNOR RETURNS FROM LONDON

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1993

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THE FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE GOVERNOR, THE CHRISTOPHER PATTEN SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA ON HIS RETURN FROM LONDON 14.11.93.

GOVERNOR :

OF

EUROPE REST OF LONDON. THE TO SENIOR

PART IN A USE THE TIME TALKS ON

GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S NICE TO BE BACK. I HAD A VERY WORKS USEFUL VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM. AS YOU KNOW, THE HONG KONG CONFERENCE WAS A SPECTACULAR SUCCESS AND NOW MANY OF THEM PRINCIPAL PARTICIPANTS IN THAT CONFERENCE ARE MOVING ON SOME OF THE CAPITALS

AND AMSTERDAM EUROPE ΤΟ TELL THE GOOD NEWS TO PARIS, AND FRANKFURT

REGION. ABOUT OUR ECONOMIC SUCCESS HERE IN HONG KONG AND HERE IN THE I'M DELIGHTED THAT ANSON CHAN WILL BE LEADING THAT CHARGE INTO AND I'M SURE THAT THE MESSAGE WILL BE GETTING ACROSS IN THE

EUROPEAN

AS WELL AS IT GOT ACROSS IN THE

COMMUNITY PURPOSE OF MY VISIT TO LONDON AS YOU KNOW WAS TO TALK CABINET MEMBERS, TO TALK TO A LOT OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, TO TALK TO THE LEADERS OF THE MAIN OPPOSITION PARTIES AND TO TAKE CABINET COMMITTEE MEETING TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN BEST THAT'S AVAILABLE TO TRY, IF WE POSSIBLY CAN, TO BRING THE HONG KONG'S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION. THAT YOU WOULD HAVE OBSERVED THAT ONE OF THE MAIN MESSAGES, ONE OF THE MAIN THEMES TO HAVE EMERGED FROM ALL THOSE MEETINGS, IS THE VERY, VERY RIGHT ACROSS THE SOLID SUPPORT,

ONLY FROM THE GOVERNMENT BUT NOT POLITICAL WATERFRONT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE APPROACH THAT WE'VE I DOUBT THERE'S BEEN A BEEN TAKING IN HONG KONG, FIRM BUT REASONABLE. TIME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES WHEN THERE'S BEEN MORE SUPPORT FOR THE

RIGHT ACROSS HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SPECTRUM AT WESTMINSTER. SO I WAS DELIGHTED TO HAVE THAT WE MUST NOW LOOK FORWARD AND HOPE THAT WE CAN SEE RATHER MORE PROGRESS IN THE NEXT ROUND AND BEYOND THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST THOUGH AS THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AND I HAVE MADE CLEAR, WE HAVE MADE BIT OF PROGRESS THOUGH THE GAP BETWEEN THE SIDES REMAINS RATHER THAN WE WOULD LIKE. BACK TO WORK.

I THINK

EXTENSIVE THE POLITICAL

CONFIRMED.

15 ROUNDS,

A

WIDER

BUT DAY, IT YOUR

QUESTION : YOU MAY HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, THE UNITED DEMOCRATS HERE, MARTIN LEE WAS SAYING THE OTHER

LEGCO WOULD BE

EASY FOR YOU COME 1997 TO SAY QUITE

DEMOCRACY, AND THEN THE ARGUMENT PROPOSAL FOR ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE VOICE OF HONG KONG..?.

REJECTED

13 LEGCO

DOES NOT

/GOVERNOR: