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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1994

GOVERNOR BEGINS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA

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THE GOVERNOR, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ΤΟ AUSTRALIA VISIT FIRST OFFICIAL INVITATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT.

HIS

CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, BEGAN

TODAY

THE

(SUNDAY) AT

19 TAKING IN SYDNEY, THE VISIT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FEBRUARY

MEET BUSINESS LEADERS, CANBERRA AND MELBOURNE. HE WILL

POLITICIANS FOREIGN AND THE

MINISTER, THE PRIME MINISTER MR KEATING INCLUDING

AND DELIVER ENTERPRISES

KEYNOTE EVANS,

HIGH-TECH SENATOR

COMMITTEE FOR THE ADDRESSES TO THE AUSTRALIA-ASIA INSTITUTE AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA (CEDA).

TOUR

IN CANBERRA AND JOINTLY ORGANISED DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE HONG

HE WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB BE THE GUEST SPEAKER AT A MAJOR LUNCHEON IN SYDNEY BY AUSTRADE, THE HONG KONG TRADE KONG/AUSTRALIA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.

SPEAKING AT A BRIEFING FOR

HONG KONG JOURNALISTS IN SYDNEY

THIS AFTERNOON, MR PATTEN SAID THERE WERE TWO PARTICULAR REASONS FOR ECONOMIC AND OTHER HIS VISIT - THE PART AUSTRALIA HAS PLAYED IN THE

AND THE GROWING AND VERY DEVELOPMENTS OF THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION.

AUSTRALIA

AND SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC AND TRADING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HONG KONG.

WEEK

WILL

AND

"THE MAIN THRUST OF MY MEETINGS AND PROGRAMME THIS

ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT

FI HE SAID. THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN FURTHER STRENGTHEN IT,

NOW WORTH BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND AUSTRALIA WAS

THE AUSTRALIAN OVER A$4 BILLION (WELL OVER HK$20 BILLION) A YEAR AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

( AUSTCHAM) WAS AT PREGENT NOW THE SECOND LARGEST INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE TERRITORY WITH OVER 1,000 MEMBERS.

IN

ASKED IF HE WAS

HONG

SEEKING

KONG

SUPPORT FROM

THE

AUSTRALIAN

PRIME

"THE SUPPORT KONG. OUR

PATTEN SAID: MINISTER FOR HONG KONG'S DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS, MR PURPOSE OF THIS VISIT AS IN OTHER VISITS IS NOT TO TRY TO WIN FOR OUR EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE JOINT DECLARATION IN HONG FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO DO THAT, THE PURPOSE IS

AND ECONOMIC BILATERAL TO

AND DEVELOP STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS.

THE

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HE ADDED: "IT IS TRUE THAT AUSTRALIAN

GONE OUT HAVE FOREIGN MINISTER UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENT THE JOINT DECLARATION, MINISTERS AND THE AUSTRALIAN ABOUT POLITICAL

TRADING

OF

DEVELOPMENT

HAS NEVER

GONE BEYOND

THE

THEIR

TO APPROACH THAT WE HAVE TAKEN BUT Ι THINK THAT ALL AUSTRALIAN

RECOGNISE GOVERNMENT

THAT THE DEBATE IS PRIMARILY ONE FOR

PRESENT THE POWER, AND I THINK THEIR DIPLOMATIC PROPER

WAY

MINISTERS, PARTICULARLY EXPRESS ΤΟ

SOVEREIGN POWER AND THE FUTURE SOVEREIGN

IN

IT

INTEREST BOUNDARIES, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

/IN RESPONSE