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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1994
HIGH THAT
MAINTAINING ENSURING
IN
I SEE MYSELF ALSO AS PLAYING A, A ROLE IN TERMS OF MORALE WITHIN THE CIVIL SERVICE, IN TAKING A LEAD
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A CLEAN, EFFICIENT, AND HONEST ADMINISTRATION; THAT WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT CORRUPTION. BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN ON THE PART OF BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THE CORRUPTION FRONT.
WE ARE DETERMINED TO DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT FALL BACK INTO THE BAD OLD WAYS, BECAUSE AS YOU
KNOW, UNTIL WE SET UP THE ICAC SOME 20 YEARS AGO, WE DID IN FACT ENDEMIC CORRUPTION WITHIN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
BUT IT IS CRUCIAL TO HONG KONG'S SUCCESS, AND CRUCIAL TO BUSINESS CONFIDENCE THAT WE MAINTAIN A CLEAN, HONEST AND EFFICIENT CIVIL SERVICE, AND I'M COMMITTED FULLY TO THAT TASK.
QUESTION: CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER QIAN QICHEN RECENTLY SAID YORK IT IS NOT IMPORTANT TO SEE WHAT I SAY BUT IMPORTANT TO SEE WHAT I AM DOING. DO YOU THINK HONG KONG WILL GIVE THIS MESSAGE POSITIVE RESPONSE?
IN
NEW
DEED.
MRS ANSON CHAN: MOST CERTAINLY! I THINK WE ARE BOTH BY WORD AND
THAT DEMONSTRATING
WE DO WANT TO COOPERATE WITH THE CHINESE. THE GOVERNOR IN HIS RECENT STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAS SET OUT A SERIES OF CONCRETE POSITIVE PROPOSALS IN WHICH WE CAN INTENSIFY COOPERATION WITH CHINA.
WE HE HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THESE ARE PROPOSALS; THAT VERY MUCH WISH TO HAVE THE VIEWS OF THE CHINESE ON THIS; IF THEY COUNTER PROPOSALS, WE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THEM.
WOULD
HAVE
SAYS
BUT WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT COOPERATING; IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THE TWO SOVEREIGN POWERS NOT TO COOPERATE.
NUMBER THERE ARE A GREAT OF TRANSITIONAL ISSUES STILL TO BE SORTED OUT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A SMOOTH TRANSITION, AND WE ARE COMMITTED, AS INDEED CHINA ITSELF IT IS COMMITTED, TO FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
QUESTION: MRS CHAN, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR, FOR KONG GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE HONG KONG FILMS TO AMERICANS.
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MRS ANSON CHAN: WELL, WE WANTED TO AS IT WERE NOT JUST ON TRADE TIES. THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO HONG KONG LIFE. RICH AND VARIED CULTURAL LIFE.
HONG
CONCENTRATE
WE HAVE
A
SOME OF OUR ACTORS HONG KONG FILMS ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR.
ON THE MAKING THEIR IMPACT AND A MARK
AMERICAN ACTRESSES ARE AND
SEE A AUDIENCE HERE, SO WE WANTED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO BE Able to DIFFERENT AND PERHAPS A SOFTER SIDE OF HONG KONG LIFE.
HENCE, THE FESTIVAL OF HONG KONG FILMS, EXHIBITION OF SOME OF OUR MORE NOTABLE BUILDINGS!
AND HENCE ALSO
AN
THAT
QUESTION: HOW DO YOU MAKE A COMMENT ON THE REACTION FROM THE DIFFERENT PARTIES IN HONG KONG TO THE GOVERNOR'S REPORTS, AS WE LEARN HERE THE REPORT WAS NOT FAVORABLY REACTED TO OR RECEIVED BY MAJOR PARTIES.
MRS ANSON CHAN: WHICH, WHICH REPORT ARE YOU REFERRING TO?
QUESTION: THE STATE OF UNION REPORT.
MRS ANSON CHAN: I
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