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FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1994

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"IF THE JOINT DECLARATION IS NOT IMPLEMENTED IN FULL, HONG KONG WILL PUT IN JEOPARDY THE CHARACTERISTICS WHICH MAKE IT SPECIAL RULE OF LAW, A FREE PRESS, A HIGH LEVEL OF RESISTANCE TO HE SAID.

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CORRUPTION,"

'HONG KONG WILL NO LONGER BE SPECIAL AND THE POTENTIAL OFFERED BY THE HISTORIC ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' CONCEPT WILL HAVE BEEN SQUANDERED," HE ADDED.

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WARM MANCUNIAN WELCOME FOR GOVERNOR

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AND MRS PATTEN, RECEIVED A WARM WELCOME FROM THE HONG KONG CHINESE COMMUNITY IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND WHEN THEY VISITED MANCHESTER ON THURSDAY (MAY 26).

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MORE THAN 100 BUSINESSMEN, ACADEMICS, COMMUNITY LEADERS STUDENTS LIVING IN THE REGION ATTENDED A RECEPTION HELD TO MARK MR PATTEN'S FIRST VISIT TO THE CITY AS GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG.

EARLIER,

ACCOMPANIED BY THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, SIR DAVID FORD, THE GOVERNOR VISITED THE CHINESE SECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL LIBRARY WHERE HE PRESENTED A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND COMPACT DISCS FROM HONG KONG.

MR PATTEN HAD A BUSY SCHEDULE IN MANCHESTER, WHICH BOASTS THE SECOND LARGEST HONG KONG COMMUNITY IN THE UK AFTER LONDON.

HE VISITED A MULTI-STOREY RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR THE ELDERLY IN MANCHESTER'S CHINATOWN AND MET THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE MAINLY FROM HONG KONG. THE HOME, ESTABLISHED FIVE YEARS AGO WITH GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE FUNDING, PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION FOR ABOUT 60 TENANTS.

THE GOVERNOR ALSO CALLED AT THE MANCHESTER CHINESE ARTS CENTRE NEARBY WHERE HE VIEWED PAINTINGS BY HONG KONG ARTISTS. HE PRESENTED THE CENTRE WITH A SET OF URBAN COUNCIL PUBLICATIONS ON CHINESE ART.

LATER IN THE EVENING MORE THAN 500 GUESTS, INCLUDING LEADING INDUSTRIALISTS, BUSINESSMEN, AND ACADEMICS IN THE NORTH WEST, HEARD THE GOVERNOR DELIVER THE FIFTH MANCHESTER LECTURE OF THE MANCHESTER LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. THE TITLE OF HIS LECTURE WAS "MANCHESTER AND HONG KONG A TALE OF TWO CITIES".

THE MANCHESTER LECTURE IS A PRESTIGIOUS OCCASION THAT MARKS THE LINKS BETWEEN THE SOCIETY AND MAJOR ORGANISATIONS IN GREAT MANCHESTER, WHOSE LEADERS ATTEND AS GUESTS OF THE SOCIETY.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A DINNER HOSTED BY THE LORD MANCHESTER COUNCILLOR SHEILA SMITH,

MAYOR OF

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