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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1994

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TRANSCRIPT OF ACTING GOVERNOR'S MEDIA SESSION

ACTING ROYAL OBSERVATORY

FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION BY THE GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, AFTER HER VISIT TO THE TODAY (THURSDAY):

OPPORTUNITY

IT'S WORDS AN ABOUT

DID HAVE

LAW

AND

MR

MRS CHAN: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. VERY GLAD TO HAVE THE

WORK OF THE ROYAL THIS AFTERNOON ΤΟ SEE FOR MYSELF SOME OF THE

GOOD NEWS BY THE OBSERVATORY AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO BE TOLD THE

DAYS. DIRECTOR THAT WE CAN EXPECT SOME GOOD WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FEW SO, I AM SURE THAT THAT WILL BE EXTREMELY WELCOMED BY EVERYONE. TIME THAT WE SAW SOMETHING OF THE SUN. I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW ABOUT THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE'S VISIT TO CHINA. I OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING TO HAVE A BRIEF CHAT WITH MR EDDIE HUI HIS VISIT. CLEARLY, IT WAS A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL VISIT. IN PARTICULAR, I AM GLAD THAT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MR HỤI TO MEET WITH DIRECTOR AND WITH HIS LU PING AND TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS WITH THE DIRECTOR COUNTERPART IN CHINA THE QUESTION OF CO-OPERATION ON MAINTAINING AND ORDER IN HONG KONG. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR HONG KONG I AM VERY GLAD THAT THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL VISIT. HUI'S VISIT ALSO INDICATES THAT REALLY, THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE PERSONAL CONTACT. THE COMMUNITY AND, CLEARLY, THE ADMINISTRATION WISH AND FROM SEE MORE CONTACT. MORE PERSONAL CONTACT, MORE VISITS TO

THE CONCERNING

TRANSITIONAL CHINA IN A WHOLE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES

PROSPERITY IN PERIOD AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO MAINTAIN STABILITY AND HONG KONG. I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT IN ADDITION TO CO-OPERATING ON AND ORDER, WE WOULD ALSO SEE GREATER CO-OPERATION WITH CHINA WHOLE RANGE OF OTHER ISSUES. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY MATTERS NEED TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE CHINESE AND AS THE GOVERNOR AND I MADE CLEAR ON MANY OCCASIONS, WE WOULD HOPE VERY MUCH TO BE MEET WITH AS MANY OF OUR COUNTERPARTS AND IN PARTICULAR WITH LU PING AND WE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO MEET WITH DIRECTOR LU PING TIME, ANY PLACE.

QUESTION: COMING TO LU PING'S REMARKS, ARE YOU NOT BEING BEIJING?

FOR

LAW

ON A THAT HAVE ABLE ΤΟ DIRECTOR

ANY

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BY

A

SMOOTH HONG KONG. SUBSTITUTE FOR

WISHES TO SEE, I.E.

MRS CHAN: I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK THAT AS I SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE COMMON OBJECTIVE. WE SHARE DIRECTOR LU PING'S WISH TO ENSURE A TRANSITION AND TO MAINTAIN STABILITY AND PROSPERITY IN CLEARLY, MR HUI'S VISIT INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO PERSONAL CONTACT. THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG SEE. THIS IS WHAT INDIVIDUAL CIVIL SERVANTS WOULD LIKE TO

FROM VISITS TO AND CONTACT,

CHINA, MORE

MORE PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW EACH OTHER OPERATES. AND SO, ON WHENEVER DIRECTOR LU PING FEELS THAT IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT VISIT TO BE MADE, THEN THE GOVERNOR AND I HAVE MADE IT THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH DIRECTOR LU PING ANY PLACE.

A BETTER THAT BASIS,

FOR A QUITE CLEAR TIME, ANY

QUESTION: WHY DON'T YOU THINK

MRS CHAN: AS

CLEARLY MR

BEING BYPASSED

IS NOT

COMMON STAGE

BEING BYPASSED. I THINK I SAID, I DON'T THINK I AM LU PING, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, FEELS THAT A VISIT

THE MOMENT BUT ON THE BASIS THAT WE DO HAVE A INTEREST IN MAINTAINING A SMOOTH TRANSITION, I AM SURE AT SOME IN THE FUTURE, THERE WILL BE CONTACT.

CONVENIENT AT

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