FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1994
TRANSCRIPT OF GOVERNOR'S MEDIA SESSION
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TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION BY THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AFTER OPENING THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AIR LINE PILOTS' ASSOCIATIONS CONFERENCE
TODAY (FRIDAY):
QUESTION: MR PATTEN, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN INVITED TO THE CEREMONY OF THE BANK OF CHINA, CELEBRATING THE ISSUE OF NEW NOTES. SINCE YOU ARE THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, ARE YOU FEELING BEING NEGLECTED?
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GOVERNOR: I'VE GOT A PRETTY BUSY PROGRAMME NEXT WEEK AS SOME OF MAY KNOW. SO, I DON'T FEEL PARTICULARLY NEGLECTED. IT'S AN IMPORTANT OCCASION FOR THE BANK OF CHINA. THE GOVERNMENT, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL INVITED THE BANK OF CHINA TO BECOME A NOTE-ISSUING BANK. I THINK IT'S PART OF THE EXTREMELY GOOD FINANCIAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA. AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE TRANSITION PROCESS. I THINK THE NEW NOTES THAT THE BANK OF CHINA WILL BE ISSUING ARE EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE. I AM DELIGHTED THAT THEY ARE MANAGING THE NOTE ISSUE SO COMPETENTLY AND I HOPE THAT THE CEREMONY ON MONDAY GOES EXTREMELY WELL AND THAT THE ISSUE OF BANK NOTES GOES VERY WELL TOO.
QUESTION: SOME OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MIGHT BE INVITED TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY?
GOVERNOR OF COURSE.
QUESTION: DO YOU THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO ATTEND?
GOVERNOR: OF COURSE, OF COURSE. THIS IS A FREE AND OPEN COMMUNITY AND A NUMBER OF OUR OFFICIALS HAVE, I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY, EXTREMELY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BANK OF CHINA AND THE FINANCIAL AUTHORITIES IN CHINA AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF THEY WON'T ВЕ ABLE TO GO TO WHAT IS AN IMPORTANT CEREMONY. I HOPE EVERYBODY WHO GOES TO IT, HAS A SMASHING TIME.
QUESTION: IS IT STILL POSSIBLE THAT YOU MIGHT BE MEETING LU PING?
GOVERNOR: AS I SAID, EVEN I'LL HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK DOES,
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I'LL BE PREPARED, AND I AM SURE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE INVITED TO FUNCTIONS WILL UNDERSTAND IT, I'LL BE PREPARED TO CHANGE SCHEDULE AT ANY TIME IF IT WAS CONVENIENT TO DIRECTOR LU PING BECAUSE I THINK THE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WANT TO SEE US CO-OPERATING. I THINK THEY WANT TO SEE US GETTING ON WITH PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. I THEY
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WANT TO SEE US WORKING IN THE INTEREST OF THE LIVELIHOOD OF WHOLE COMMUNITY AND I THINK THEY BELIEVE THAT POLITICAL LEADERS IN EVERY COMMUNITY SHOULD PUT DIFFERENCES ON ONE SIDE AND TAKE THE TROUBLE TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER AND TRY TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT, I'VE EXPRESSED MY POINT OF VIEW AND I AM SORRY THAT DIRECTOR LU PING'S SCHEDULE IS SO BUSY.
QUESTION: DO YOU THINK HE IS VIOLATING THE MOU BECAUSE HE HASN'T BREN MEETING YOU?
GOVERNOR: I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION YOU HAVE TO PUT TO HIM.
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