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MONDAY, MAY 2, 1994

WAS

FEATURED IN

MARINE

HAVING IN

THE THE GOVERNOR

DISPLAY, BOARDED A POLICE LAUNCH IN CAUSEWAY BAY AND SAILED TO QUEEN'S PIER CENTRAL UNDER THE ESCORT OF AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF POLICE VESSELS.

WAS ESCORTED ONTO A DAIS TO AFTER ALIGHTING, THE GOVERNOR RECEIVE A "ROYAL SALUTE" BEFORE INSPECTING THE GUARD OF HONOUR.

THE CEREMONY ALSO POLICE BAND PERFORMANCES MEMBERS.

FEATURED AN IMPRESSIVE

LION AND

DANCING BY

MARCHING

DISPLAY,

JUNIOR POLICE

CALL

A RECEPTION FOR ALL THE GUESTS WAS HELD AT CITY HALL AFTER

THE

CEREMONY.

AT HONOUR MEANWHILE, THE GUARD OF CEREMONIAL GOVERNMENT HOUSE GUARD WERE THE COMPLETION OF THE EVENT.

EDINBURGH PLACE AND THE DISMOUNTED SIMULTANEOUSLY AT

-

HK'S CONFIDENCE AND VIGOUR CAN BE PRESERVED

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THE GOVERNOR, THE ᎡᎢ HON CHRISTOPHER HE BELIEVED HONG KONG COULD PRESERVE

(MONDAY) VIGOUR AFTER 1997.

PATTEN, SAID TODAY ITS CONFIDENCE

AND

HONG KONG,

ΤΟ THE VIGOUR

OF THE WHOLE

"I REMAIN CONFIDENT THAT THE EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT WORK THAT BRITAIN AND CHINA EMBARKED ON TOGETHER WHEN NEGOTIATING THE JOINT

CAN ACHIEVE ITS DECLARATION

PURPOSE

A PRESERVING KONG THAT HAS THE CONFIDENCE AND ΤΟ THE

AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA

A

PRESERVING

HONG CONTRIBUTE RICHLY

TT

+

REGION, HE ADDED.

SPEAKING AT A

→

LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE CANADIAN CHAMBER OF

REMARKABLY THE GOVERNOR SAID HONG KONG MANAGED TO GROW COMMERCE,

PAST DECADES DESPITE OCCASIONAL PROBLEMS.

THE

IN

AND THE 1980S SAW TWO DEVELOPMENTS WHICH GAVE NEW THAT GROWTH, HE ADDED.

IMPETUS

ΤΟ

IN THE

THE FIRST WAS THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WHICH PROMISED THE PRESERVATION OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM TERRITORY AND A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY.

"MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY TO TRANSLATE THOSE PROMISES INTO REALITY,' THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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THE HONG KONG HAD SINCE BECOME A SEPARATE CONTRACTING PARTY TO GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) AND A FELLOW MEMBER WITH HE CHINA AND CANADA IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (APEC), SAID.

"IN

THE

THE BASIC LAW, CHINA HAS PUT GUARANTEES CONTAINED IN JOINT DECLARATION INTO THE MINI-CONSTITUTION THAT WILL GUIDE HONG KONG AFTER 1997,' MR PATTEN SAID.

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