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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1994

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TAKE PLACE THAT IF MR

PEKING MEETING HIS GOVERNOR:

DON'T KNOW THAT. MR GOODLAD IS IN

I OPPOSITE NUMBER IN THE FOREIGN MINISTRY, MR JIANG ENZIIU. HE'S HAD, UNDERSTAND, A VERY BUSINESS-LIKE MEETING THIS MORNING. HE'S MEETING MR QLAN QICHEN THIS AFTERNOON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WILL DURING HIS VISIT BUT I'VE SAID BEFORE, AND I AM SURE GOODLAD IS ASKED HE'LL MAKE THE SAME POINT THAT I AM HAPPY TO MEET ANY IN CHINESE

COURSE, OFFICIALS AT ANY TIME AND ANY PLACE, AND I'M OF PARTICULAR, VERY WILLING TO MEET DIRECTOR LU WHENEVER HE WOULD LIKE. I HOWEVER THINK THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WANT TO SEE US TALKING TOGETHER BUSY OUR DIARIES ARE FROM TIME TO TIME. I THINK WE SHOULD BOTH

THE ISSUES WHICH SOME TIME AVAILABLE IN OUR DIARIES TO TALK ABOUT

REASSURANCE REALLY MATTER TO HONG KONG, ON WHICH PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE ON IN THE FUTURE.

QUESTION: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS WHAT KIND OF HONG KONG ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER?

MAKE

ISSUES THEY THE DEPUTY

ISSUES

GOVERNOR: I THINK, AS YOU KNOW, HONG KONG IS ONLY ONE OF THE

THE BILATERAL THAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT. IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF

NOT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CHINA BUT IT'S ONLY ISSUE; FOR EXAMPLE, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CHINA ARE BOTH MEMBERS INTERESTS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND HAVE A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL IN COMMON, AND INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS WHICH THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOLVING, SO THERE IS A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS IN ADDITION TO HONG BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT HONG KONG HAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE AGENDA.

QUESTION: DO YOU THINK THE VISIT WILL CHANGE THE RELATIONSHIP BRITAIN AND CHINA?

GOVERNOR: 1'M SURE IT WILL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED.

KONG ON THE

BETWEEN

GOVERNOR VISITS SUBVENTED HOME FOR OLD PEOPLE

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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED THE WAN WAH CARE AND ATTENTION HOME FOR THE ELDERLY LAI ON ESTATE, SHAM SHUI PO, TO SEE FOR HIMSELF HOW A SUBVENTED ORGANISATION PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.

IN

ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, AND THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS LOUISE WONG, THE GOVERNOR TOURED THE VARIOUS FACILITIES IN THE HOME OPERATED BY THE HONG KONG YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YWCA).

DORMITORIES,

THESE FACILITIES INCLUDED THE ACTIVITY ROOM, THE THE NURSE DUTY ROOM, THE SICK BAY AND THE PHYSIOTHERAPY ROOM.

BRIEFING MR PATTEN ABOUT THE HOME WAS THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE YWCA, MRS MONA LEONG.

THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT THE HOME, WHICH BEGAN OPERATION LAST SEPTEMBER, PROVIDED CARE AND ATTENTION SERVICE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE AGED 60 AND ABOVE.

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