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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1994

QUESTION:

CAN YOU EXPLAIN FURTHER WHY THIS CRUCIAL TIMING IS IMPORTANT FOR THE RENEWAL OF MPN?

SO

TRADE

IS

WHEN I

CHINA

THAT OPRN THINK THAT IT'S ALWAYS THE CASE GOVERNOR: I CRUCIAL AND IMPORTANT TO HONG KONG. 1 MADE THE POINT. MYSBUF

OUR WAS IN WASHINGTON LAST YEAR THAT CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE

OPEN A TRADING TWO BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS, WE NEED AS GOOD AND

OF OUR RELATIONSHIP

BOTH OF THEM AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH WHICH SUSTAINS OUR LIVELIHOOD AND HELPS TO ENSURE OUR IMPORTANT THAT WR SHOULD SO STABILITY,

THINK IT'S EXTREMELY I CONTINUE TO HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE TRADING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AND THE UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO SECURE OUR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.

GUANGZHOU, IN THE SPEECH YOU MENTIONED SHANGHAI AND YOU MISSED OUT BEIJING. IS THAT AT ALL RELATED TO THE FACT THAT QUESTION OF DISSIDENTS THERE HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY STRONG? CAN THE UNITED STATES JUSTIFY CARRYING ON TRADE WHEN THE CRACKDOWN DISSIDENTS HAS BEEN GOING ON SO STRONGLY RECENTLY?

QUESTION:

IT

AND

BUT

THE

HOW

ON

IT HAD

GOVERNOR :

WELL,

THE FIRST ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT

RATES EVERYTHING

DO

AND IN SHANGHAI WITH THE ECONOMIC GROWTH TO

BEEN GUANGDONG. AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE COASTAL PROVINCES HAVE

то THE NORTH. GROWING MORE RAPIDLY THAN THE AREAS TO THE WEST AND SECONDLY,

THAT MADE I'VE

WHATEVER OUR CLEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN

THINK THAT COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, I

SHOULD BE KEPT TRADE AND POLITICAL ISSUES, TRADE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

SERIOUS

AS DIALOGUE,

FOR SEPARATE AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A WITH CHINA BRITAIN

THE HAS DONE

AND AS FOR EXAMPLE EXAMPLE,

TRADE AND AUSTRALIANS

WITH DO

CHINA, WITHOUT MIXING UP THAT'S BERN MY VIEW SINCE BEFORE I WENT TO WASHINGTON TO CASE LAST YEAR.

I

POLITICS.

ARGUE THE

QUESTION: OBVIOUSLY YOU FELT COMPELLED NOT TO BRING UP WHAT'S THE QUESTION. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SEEN AS A SALESMAN FOR CHINA. ARE YOU SO SENSITIVE ON THE POINT?

AGAIN

WHY

GOVERNOR :

WELL IF I DID ACT AS A SALESMAN FOR CHINA, THE NEW NEWS AGENCY WOULD COME DOWN ON ME LIKE A TON OF, DARE I SAY,

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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS EVERYONE

CHINA

BRICKS.

THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE JOCKEY CLUB HAS PROVED ITSELF TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE

GOVERNOR, COMMUNITY AND HAS BROUGHT EVERYONE GREAT BENEFIT, THE THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

A

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE RUTTONJEE HOSPITAL,

WAS HOSPITAL SAID PATTEN

THE HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE TREMENDOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.

MR

/THE HOSPITAL'S