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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1993

AND,

"THEY HAVE BEEN DEBATED TWICE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

SUPPORT FROM AS YOU KNOW, ON BOTH OCCASIONS, THEY RECEIVED MAJORITY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, SHE SAID.

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**THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF HAS MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT HE WILL NO FURTHER BUT NO LESS FAR THAN WHAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WISH TO."

GO

HIM

OF DIRECTOR

ASSURANCE HONG KONG'S

THE

MRS CHAN ALSO SAID SHE VERY MUCH WELCOMED XINHUA NEWS AGENCY HONG KONG BRANCH MR ZHOU NAN'S POSITIVE ABOUT A SMOOTH TRANSITION FOR HONG KONG AND MAINTAINING PROSPERITY AND STABILITY.

GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING FUNG TAK ESTATE

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AUTHORITY,

IN

OF

THE

PEOPLE. HOUSING

ANOTHER AFTERNOON GOVERNOR: GOOD AFTERNOON. I'VE VERY MUCH ENJOYED

ANY LOOKING AT OUR HOUSING IN HONG KONG. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S GOT

ISSUE THAT MOST DOUBT AT ALL, THAT HOUSING IS PROBABLY THE SOCIAL CONCERNS PROPLE AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS HONG KONG OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUALITY PEOPLE'S HOUSING. BUT THERE IS, OF COURSE, STILL SOME WAY TO GO.

REDEVELOPED. FIRST ESTATE I SAW THIS AFTERNOON WILL IN DUR COURSE BE

THE HOUSING THE ESTATE WE'VE BEEN IN IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT

ROSANNA AND HER PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES ARE ABLE TO DO. I ELDERLY AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED, AS YOU KNOW, ABOUT HOUSING FOR THE AND I WAS THEREFORE PLEASED TO SEE SOME OF THE PROVISION THAT IS BEING THE SHELTERED MADE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE ON THIS ESTATE, PARTICULARLY

ROSANNA AND THE HOUSING THAT SCHEME

SEEN AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE AUTHORITY ARE CONCERNED TO PROVIDE A LOT MORE HOUSING FOR OLD TWO THINGS ALWAYS STRIKE ME WHEN I COME ON THESE VISITS TO ESTATES. THE FIRST IS THE TERRIFICALLY WARM WELCOME THAT I GET AND I IS A VERY WARM-HEARTED THINK THAT IS TYPICAL OF HONG KONG WHICH COMMUNITY. SECOND, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT WHAT MOST FAMILIES WANT IS VERY SIMPLE. THEY WANT THE LIFE CREATED FOR THEMSELVES IN HONG KONG TO CONTINUE IN THE WANT OUR FREE AND OPEN AND PROSPEROUS AND STABLE SOCIETY TO CONTINUE AND I THINK THEY KNOW THAT ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF THAT SOCIETY IS THE RULE OF LAW. THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN HAVING QUITE A LONG DISCUSSION WITH OUR CHINESE COLLEAGUES ABOUT HOW TO SAFEGUARD THE RULE OF LAW ENSURING THAT WE HAVE HERE IN HONG KONG ELECTIONS WHICH ARE FAIR

THE ELECTIONS WHICH GIVE PEOPLE A GENUINE CHOICE, ELECTIONS WHICH AS

VERY FOREIGN SECRETARY SAID YESTERDAY, CAN'T BE MANIPULATED. THAT WAS

HOUSE OF THE CLEAR THAT AFTER THE FOREIGN SECRETARY STATED IN THE

POLITICAL COMMONS, ALL THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WHO SPOKE FROM EVERY PARTY RIGHT ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM OF WESTMINSTER SUPPORTED THE APPROACH THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKING, NOT FOR A GREAT DASH FORWARD FOR MORE DEMOCRACY, THOUGH SOME PEOPLE THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT, SECURE FAIR ARRANGEMENTS FOR OUR ELECTIONS HERE IN HONG KONG, SO, ONCE AGAIN BEEN VERY USEFUL FOR ME TO BE OUT LOOKING AT PROBLEMS AND I'LL BE DOING THIS WITH CONTINUING REGULARITY COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.

MOST PEOPLE, WHICH THEY'VE FUTURE. THEY

BY

AND

BUT то

IT'S OUR HOUSING OVER THE

QUESTION: HAVE

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YOU RECEIVED ANY OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM SIDE... THE 18TH ROUND OF THE TALKS?

THE CHINESE

/GOVERNOR