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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1994

TRANSCRIPT OF GOVERNOR'S MEDIA SESSION

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GOVERNOR, PRINTING AND

THE FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION BY THE THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AFTER HIS VISIT TO THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENTS THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON:

I BET IT'S SUPPLIES VISITING

OF VISITS ΤΟ

ΤΟ TODAY

HAVE THE THE GOVERNMENT

SERVICE. THEY DEAL ABOUT THE ANNUAL

GOVERNOR: WELCOME TO THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.

GOVERNMENT THE

TO THE TIME FIRST

ANY OF YOU'VE COME

BEEN I'VE MY

JUST AS DEPARTMENT.

FIRST TIME AS WELL. DISTRICTS REGULARLY, I'VE ALSO HAD A STUDY PROGRAMME

AM VERY PLEASED I DEPARTMENTS AND GOVERNMENT OPPORTUNITY OF VISITING THE GOVERNMENT PRINTERS AND SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WITH THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL BOTH DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. I OBVIOUSLY KNOW A GOOD GOVERNMENT PRINTERS BECAUSE THEY DO THINGS LIKE LOOK AFTER MY

ΤΟ SPEECH TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. BUT I'VE BEEN DELIGHTED AS WELL

A SEE THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT. BOTH OF THEM DO

APPLY THE BEST VERY COMPETENT AND PROFESSIONAL JOB. BOTH OF THEM

THE MOST COMMERCIAL PRINCIPLES TO SPENDING THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY IN IMAGINATIVE AND EFFECTIVE WAY. THANKS TO GOOD MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN MUCH BETTER THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT. WE'VE BEEN GETTING VALUE FOR MONEY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND I AM VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THE WHOLE MET THE EXCELLENT STAFF WHO ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB FOR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AS WELL AS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB FOR THE DEPARTMENTS FOR WHICH THEY WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTION: SINO-BRITISH ATTITUDE RECENTLY?

GOING BACK RELATIONSHIP

ON A

CO-OPERATIVE

AND GOVERNOR: I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WE WILL SEE AN INCREASINGLY GOOD CO-OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA. IT'S OBVIOUSLY IN THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG. I WELCOME SOME OF THE REMARKS THAT DIRECTOR LU PING MADE WHICH IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL THIS MORNING

THAT

THOUGHT, WERE POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE. AND I VERY MUCH HOPE BOTH OF US WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE WORDS WE'VE USED ABOUT CO-OPERATION LIAISON TURN INTO REAL PRACTICAL SUCCESSES IN THE WORK OF THE JOINT GROUP AND ELSEWHERE TOO. I THINK THAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WANT TO ACTIONS AS WELL AS HEAR WORDS AND THAT'S A LESSON FOR ALL OF US.

QUESTION: SO, YOU EXPECT THAT THE TALKS ON FRIDAY

BREAKTHROUGH?

SEE

WILL. HAVE SOME

WITH

IT

VERY

ABLE

HAD SO

AIRPORT LITERALLY FOR GOVERNOR: WE'VE BEEN HAVING TALKS ABOUT THE YEARS AND SOMETIMES, SPIRITS RISE AND SOMETIMES, SPIRITS FALL LIKE THE DECISIVE BREAKTHROUGH. TIDES. I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WE CAN SEE A EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. WE'D, OF COURSE, BE GETTING ON

DOING WE'VE BEEN THE JOB OF

THE BUILDING

AIRPORT AND EFFECTIVELY, VERY COST-EFFECTIVELY AND PRETTY FAST. BUT WE'D BE TO DO AN EVEN BETTER JOB, WE'D BE ABLE TO WORK EVEN FASTER IF WE AN OVERALL FINANCING AGREEMENT. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS FAR BECAUSE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAVE VERY SENSIBLY VOTED THE FUNDS THAT WE NEED FOR THE PROJECT. BUT I THINK LEGISLATORS THEMSELVES WOULD CHINA IN THE LIKE TO SEE AN OVERALL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITAIN AND INTEREST OF HONG KONG. AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPE WE'LL GET ON FRIDAY I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF US SHOULD BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED, NOT THE CHICKENS USED RUNWAY.

BUT COUNT OUR CHICKENS

/QUESTION: