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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1993

GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FESTIVAL

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WILL

I GOVERNOR: IT IS AN IMPORTANT FESTIVAL AND AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE AND

LISTEN TO HOPE THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE IN HONG KONG WHAT'S BEING SAID AND SUNG THIS MORNING AND REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF

US MAKING A ALL OF

CONTRIBUTION TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR ENVIRONMENT.

QUESTION: HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE THE HONG KONG AND MACAU OFFICE'S THREATS WILL AFFECT HONG KONG?

THAT

THEY'D

IT'S

WAR

PARTIAL

GOVERNOR: I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS VERY HELPFUL IF WE GET INTO A

KONG OF WORDS. I DON'T HONESTLY THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG

CALMLY WANT. WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO IS TO DISCUSS MATTERS COOLLY AND

CAN'T REACH AND TRY WHERE POSSIBLE TO REACH AGREEMENT AND WHERE WE

MANAGE. OBVIOUSLY, CARRY ON IN A CIVILISED WAY AS WE CAN AGREEMENT,

ΤΟ REACH SINCE OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO CONTINUE THE TALKS AND TRY

WANT TO AGREEMENT ON THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN THE TALKS, I DON'T

HAVE TAKEN GET DEEPLY INVOLVED IN DETAILS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT

IS NOT IT

NOW. FAR. PLACE SO

THERE MAY COME A TIME FOR THAT BUT

MAKE HOWEVER, THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I THINK I SHOULD

OFFICE PUT ABOUT THE STATEMENT THAT THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OUT.

THE FIRST IS THIS. THAT IT 18, TO PUT IN MILDLY, A VERY

AS ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED. IT IS PERFECTLY TRUE THAT WE LOOKED

WHAT I THOUGH WE WERE MAKING PROGRESS IN THE 15TH ROUND AND THAT IS

THINGS UNFORTUNATELY, WAS ABLE TO REPORT TO THE CABINET COMMITTEE.

AWAY FROM THE WENT BACKWARD AFTER THAT AND THE CHINESE SIDE MOVED TAKEN

SAD BUT OUR POSITION

IN THE 15TH ROUND. AWAY AND

PEOPLE A LOT OF

ASKED OPTIMISM DRAINED

THEMSELVES QUESTION WHY THINGS WERE SAID IN THE 15TH ROUND WHICH WERE THEN AWAY IN THE 16TH AND 17TH ROUNDS OR CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE SECOND THING WHICH I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I DO FIND IT VERY SEE WHAT'S SAID ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ROLE IN THAT BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT WITH BRITISH SOVEREIGN NOW, IN THE FUTURE, IT'S STILL THE CASE THAT WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS A LEGISLATURE TO WHICH THE

RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBLE AND A LEGISLATURE WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY

BILLS, ENACTING

FOR

NOT ENACTING LEGISLATION

LEAST OUR ARRANGEMENTS. SO, THE SIMPLE MESSAGE IS THIS THAT NEITHER BEFORE NOR AFTER 1997 CAN THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE HAVE A RUBBER STAMP LEGISLATURE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT HONG KONG WANT AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS WHAT ANYONE SHOULD I REPEAT, I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WE WON'T HAVE WARS OF WON'T HAVE ABUSE THAT WE'LL HAVE SIMPLE EFFORT AND ON BOTH SIDES TO REACH AGREEMENT IF THAT IS POSSIBLE.

THE TAKEN

SURPRISING TO

STATEMENT CHINA SOVEREIGN UNDER OUR PRESENT EXECUTIVE IS FOR

ELECTORAL 1997

EXPECT TO PEOPLE IN WANT. BUT WORDS THAT WE A SINCERE EFFORT

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