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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1994

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TRANSCRIPT OF GOVERNOR'S MEDIA SESSION

THE FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION BY THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AFTER HIS VISIT TO FACTORIES IN KOWLOON THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON: -

GOVERNOR: I AM DELIGHTED THAT I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS AFTERNOON OF VISITING TWO OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT AND SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN HONG KONG. I FIRST OF ALL VISITED ONE OF OUR FOREMOST WATCH MANUFACTURERS, SUNCITI. AND THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB, TRYING TO REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF POLLUTION WHICH THE

MANUFACTURING PROCESS RESULTS IN. I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE MET MAXTER AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON, NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE I PRESENTED AWARDS TO THEM IN THE PAST. THEY ARE AN OUTSTANDING PCB PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURER, ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT ELECTRONIC FIRMS IN HONG KONG. AND THEY REPRESENT, WHICH IS AN ASTONISHING FIGURE, 1.2 PERCENT OF OUR EXPORTS IN HONG KONG. I THINK IT'S A REMINDER ΤΟ EVERYONE THAT THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR REMAINS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO OUR ECONOMY WHILE, OF COURSE, SERVICES HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT OVER THE YEARS, WE STILL DEPEND A GOOD DEAL ON ELECTRONICS,

ON WATCH MANUFACTURE, ON TEXTILES, AND ON OTHER MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR OUR WELL BEING. SO, I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY OF CONTINUING MY VISITS TO THE WEALTH CREATORS, THE WEALTH PRODUCERS OF HONG KONG.

QUESTION: MR PATTEN, ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED THAT LU PING WOULDN'T BE MEETING YOU NEXT WEEK WHEN HE COMES TO HONG KONG?

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GOVERNOR: I WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THAT I THINK IT'S ALWAYS WELCOMED WHEN DIRECTOR LU PING COMES TO HONG KONG. I AM SORRY THAT HASN'T BEEN HERE FOR SOME TIME. BUT I THINK HIS VISIT WILL BE WELCOMED. I THINK HE WILL GET A VERY CORDIAL RECEPTION FROM PEOPLE IN HONG KONG BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE RECOGNISE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT, GIVEN HIS RESPONSIBILITIES THAT HE COMES DOWN FROM TIME TO TIME TO SEE THE SPECTACULAR PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING. I THINK PEOPLE WILL ALSO HOPE THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF SHARING SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS WITH

OF SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRESENT DAY AND SOME

THEIR HIM, CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUTURE. AND I THINK EVERYBODY WILL BE HOPING THAT DIRECTOR LU COMES WITH SOME GOOD NEWS FOR HONG KONG IN HIS POCKETS, GOOD NEWS ABOUT LIVELIHOOD ISSUES, GOOD NEWS ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN GRID LOCKED IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE AIRPORT AND OTHER MATTERS.

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