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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1994

QUESTION: MR PATTEN, DOES THE POLL GIVE A VERY SATISFYING DAY FOR YOU?

I THINK

GOVERNOR: I HOPE IT'S A VERY SATISFYING DAY FOR HONG KONG, THAT IT'S

TO SEE COMMUNITY LIKE THIS THE MARK OF THE CIVILISED

VOTES. HUSBANDS AND WIVES COMING IN WITH THEIR CHILDREN TO CAST THEIR IT IS NOT SURPRISING IN THE COMMUNITY AS SUCCESSFUL AND PROSPEROUS AND STABLE AS HONG KONG, PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A SHARE IN DECIDING HOW THE COMMUNITY IS RUN, AND WE ARE SAYING THAT IN PROCESS, IN PROCESS TODAY. IT IS A SIGHT WHICH, I THINK, SHOULD BRING GREAT PLEASURE TO EVERYBODY SELF- AROUND THE WORLD WHEREVER IT TAKES PLACE. THE MARK GIVEN OPEN, CONFIDENT, PLURAL SOCIETY.

QUESTION: MR PATTEN, YOU YOURSELF VOTED IN ELECTIONS IN BATH...、 IS THE TRICK?

WHAT

ARE PEOPLE

ASKING

THE

GOVERNOR: I THINK THE TRICK IS TO GO ON TRYING TO TELL THE PEOPLE TRUTH AS YOU SEE IT, NOT TO PULL THE WOOL OVER THEIR EYES. BUT I TO DEMOCRATIC MUSTN'T ALLOW MY EXPERIENCES TO SHAKE THE WAY I REACT EVENTS IN HONG KONG. THE TRUTH TO TELL'S, I THINK, THAT VOTERS LIKE TO MEET THEIR CANDIDATES. SO, I THINK THEY LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY KNOCKING NOT ON THE DOORS, INTRODUCING THEMSELVES. WHAT I'VE OBSERVED IS THAT SURPRISINGLY,

QUESTIONS ABOUT

THE ALL

NORMAL SERVICES WHICH MAKE AN IMPACT ON THEIR DAILY QUALITY OF LIFE. THEY ARE ASKING QUESTIONS

ASKING ABOUT TRANSPORT. THEY ARE

QUESTIONS THEY ARE

THE PARKING.

HEALTH SERVICE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT EDUCATION, AND WELFARE PROVISION. ALL, THOSE SORT OF ISSUES THINK, PEOPLE WANT TO FEEL INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS THAT WERE ON THEIR BEHALF AND INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAMMES THAT ARE RUN WITH THEIR MONEY AS TAXPAYERS.

ABOUT AND

WERE, I TAKEN

QUESTION: IS YOUR POLICY ADDRESS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED FOREIGN SECRETARIES' MEETING?

IN THE TWO

PREMIER

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GOVERNOR: I AM SURE THAT MR HURD WILL WANT TO CONVEY TO VICE

OF COURSE, QIAN QICHEN THE MAIN THEMES IN MY ADDRESS WHICH WILL BE,

THE PAST DELIVERED A FEW DAYS LATER. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN WHEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE, AT ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, TO FORE-SHADOW WHAT

BE AM GOING TO SAY IN MY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ADDRESS AND THAT WOULD

AGAIN THIS THE CIVILISED AND COURTEOUS AND CO-OPERATIVE THING TO DO

WE ARE YEAR. AND I HOPE THAT VICE PREMIER QIAN WILL RECOGNISE WHAT

KONG'S KEEN TO DO IS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR HONG FUTURE AS A STABLE AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY AND THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO SHOW IN A POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE WAY OUR DETERMINATION SO FAR AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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