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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1994

GOVERNOR TALKS ABOUT LU PING'S VISIT

THE

GOVERNOR,

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HON

CHRISTOPHER

SAID PATTEN,

THIS

THE (WEDNESDAY} AFTERNOON HE WAS SURE THAT DIRECTOR LU PING WOULD NEED AND TO WANT TO MAKE MANY FUTURE VISITS TO HONG KONG DURING WHICH TO TALK THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS EVERYONE IN HONG KONG WOULD LIKE.

AFTER QUESTIONS

MR

TWO KOWLOON VISITING RESPONDING TO MEDIA FACTORIES ABOUT DIRECTOR LU PING'S VISIT TO HONG KONG NEXT WEEK,' PATTEN

SAID:

"TODAY,

SCHEDULE DIRECTOR LU PING HAS WRITTEN TO SAY THAT HIS

BE ABLE то ✔ IS SO BUSY IN HONG KONG THAT HE WON'T ON THIS OCCASION

VISIT AND TO HAVE A DISCUSSION THOUGH I THINK, HE SUGGESTED THAT THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE WHICH IS INDEED, I VERY MUCH THE CASE.

"I AM PREPARED TO CROSS ANY STREET, OPEN ANY DOOR, HAND, TALK TO ANYONE IF IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG.

HOPE,

SHAKE ANY

"I THINK THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WOULD EXPECT. I THINK HONG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WANT US TO TALK TOGETHER. I THINK PEOPLE IN KONG WANT US TO CO-OPERATE IN THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG."

AND

WOULD

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HAD MADE IT CLEAR TO DIRECTOR LU PING OTHER SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THAT HE BE HAPPY TO MEET THEM AND TALK TO THEM AT ANY TIME IN THE INTEREST HONG KONG.

"I THINK THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WOULD EXPECT OF SIDES, BOTH OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND OF CHINESE OFFICIALS, SAID.

"I'VE SAID TO DIRECTOR LU PING A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE TWO YEARS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE WITH HIM.

OF

BOTH

TT HE

LAST

IMPENDING ** I WROTE TO HIM MOST RECENTLY BEFORE WE KNEW OF HIS

THERE WERE TWO VISIT ON APRIL 13 AND I SAID ON THAT OCCASION THAT

TALKING ISSUES IN PARTICULAR WHICH I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY OF

PEOPLE KNOWING

THE TO HIM ABOUT, EITHER IN PRIVATE OR WITH CONVERSATIONS WERE GOING ON.

THAT

I "THE

FIRST IS THE WHOLE QUESTION OF PROPERTY PRICES BECAUSE

SITUATION AND WANTED TO PUT HIM IN THE PICTURE ABOUT HOW WE SAW THE WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD IN TACKLING IT.

TALK ΤΟ HIM

**THE SECOND ISSUE WHICH I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO ABOUT, WAS THE TRANSITION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE WHICH IS ANOTHER WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO US BOTH," HE SAID.

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