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MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1993

GOVERNOR: OUT THAT

PEOPLE IN

ANSWER.

POINTED WELL, I'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION ON THAT AND I'VE

ROTTEN BARGAIN FOR THE CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND WOULD BE A

MY EARLIER

HONG KONG FOR THE REASONS THAT I MENTIONED IN

ΤΟ COMMENT THAT

QUESTION: WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO NCNA COVERAGE.. THE BRITISH SIDE WANTS TO BUILD THEIR OWN GROUP OF PEOPLE

?

ALL I WOULD APPOINTED BY THE

THAT'S

EVERY PIECE OF GOVERNOR: I THINK LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO RESPOND TO

THERE ARE IMPORTANT PROPAGANDA FROM THE

CHINA NEWS AGENCY. NEW THINGS TO DO IN LIFE WITHOUT GETTING INVOLVED IN THAT. SAY IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT PEOPLE GOVERNOR OR PEOPLE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT GOING BEYOND 1997 BUT PEOPLE ELECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF HONG KONG GOING BEYOND 1997. NOT EXTENDING THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S INFLUENCE, IT'S EXTENDING INFLUENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AND I CAN'T THINK SHOULD BE AGAINST THAT. ANYBODY WHO BELIEVES IN "ONE SYSTEMS";

BELIEVES IN "HONG KONG ANYBODY WHO KONG"; ANYBODY WHO BELIEVES IN THE CONCEPT OF GIVING HONG KONG AS MUCH IT VERY AUTONOMY AS POSSIBLE WITHIN CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY SHOULD FIND

OF HONG KONG DIFFICULT ΤΟ ARGUE AGAINST THE CONCEPT OF THE PEOPLE CHOOSING THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

QUESTION: ANY CHRISTMAS WISH FOR US, GOVERNOR?

PEOPLE

WHY ANYBODY COUNTRY, RUNNING

TWO HONG

QUESTION: AND HOW ABOUT TAXING IT IS TO SEND 6,000 CHRISTMAS CARDS?

-

WHICH

DON'T MEAN I TAKE IT YOU GOVERNOR: A CHRISTMAS WISH LIST

OF BOOKS AND CDS I WANT. I'VE ALREADY GIVEN A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE LIST

TAKE THE VERY THOSE ΤΟ MY WIFE AND FAMILY AND I HOPE THAT THEY'LL

I HOPE THAT IN THE BROAD HINT THAT I'VE DROP IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

WHICH I NEW YEAR,

WE SEE AN END TO SOME OF THE POLITICAL ARGUMENTS

OVER THE THINK THE COMMUNITY HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPATIENT WITH

OFFICIALS IN PEKING, LAST 18 MONTHS. I HOPE THAT WE SEE PEOPLE,

HONG KONG LEARNING TO TRUST HONG KONG, AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

FROM HAS A HUGE AMOUNT TO CONTRIBUTE TO CHINA AS WELL AS MUCH TO GAIN

NOT SURPRISING CHINA'S SUCCESS. HONG KONG IS 97% CHINESE AND IT'S

WANT THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE ORDINARY WORKERS OF HONG KONG SHOULD

TRANSITION ΤΟ MAKE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF A PEACEFUL

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE TOP AND TO THE SUCCESS OF CHINA AFTER THAT.

THAT OF MY WISH LIST AND TOP OF EVERYBODY'S WISH LIST IN HONG KONG

REASONS PEOPLE IN CHINA SHOULD RECOGNISE THAT, SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE

THEY FOR OUR SUCCESS IN HONG KONG AND SHOULD TRUST US A BIT MORE THAN

THESE POLITICAL DO. I THINK IF THAT HAPPEN WE'LL SEE AN END TO ALL ARGRUMENTS AND WE COULD JUST GET ON WITH CONTINUING TO BUILD THE MOST OUTSTANDING ECONOMIES AND COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD.

ONE OF

000 CHRISTMAS CARDS,

QUESTION: I WAS TOLD THAT YOU'VE SENT OUT 6, DON'T YOU THINK THIS IS ENVIRONMENTALLY INCORRECT?

GOVERNOR:

ENVELOPS.

IT DEPENDS A

LITTLE

BIT

WHETHER PEOPLE

RECYCLE

THE

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