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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1994

MR

INACCURATE

QUESTION:

PATTEN, DO YOU THINK THAT

REPORTS BASE YESTERDAY IN THE PRO-BEIJING PAPERS ABOUT THE STONECUTTERS NAVAL

ATTEMPT DELIBERATE IS A

TO MAKE TROUBLE AGAINST THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT?

GOVERNOR:

OF AN OWN SOMETHING

SAID

TO USE SPORTING METAPHORS, IT SEEMED TO BE

NEWSPAPER RATHER GOAL, BUT IT WAS A REPORT IN THE

BY OFFICIALS AND I'M SURE THE NEWSPAPER WHEN IT

I INDEPENDENT

THINK PURSUES MATTERS LIKE THIS. SECRETARY FOR WORKS HAS MADE THE POSITION ABUNDANTLY PLAIN, IT OUT VERY CLEARLY AND I DON'T THINK I WANT TO ADD TO WHAT HE SAID.

SOMETHING

IS

THAN ENTIRELY

THAT' HE'S SET

THE

QUESTION:

WOULD LIKE TO HEAR

CEREMONIAL

THE SAID

-

JUST

I

YOUR GOVERNOR,

VIEWS ON TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY BECAUSE DIRECTOR LU PING HAS THAT ITS THEIR OWN VIEW THAT IT WILL BE A QUITE SIMPLE CEREMONY LOWER DOWN THE BRITISH FLAG IN HONG KONG AND HOIST UP THE PRC FLAG AND WHAT IS YOUR VIEW, BECAUSE YOU PUT FORWARD IN YOUR YOUR ADDRESS, AND SAID IT WILL BE IN A DIGNIFIED WAY?

GOVERNOR:

PROPOSAL, IN

YES, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE SURPRISING IF LU PING DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE DIGNIFIED AS WELL.

QUESTION:

SO WHAT KIND OF CEREMONY ARE YOU THINKING OF?

DIRECTOR

GOVERNOR:

WHAT

AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IS A SIMPLE

DISCUSSING CEREMONY AND WE'LL VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO DIRECTOR LU PING AND WITH THE CHINESE TEAM AND THE ANYBODY ELSE.

THAT AND JLG,

DIGNIFIED WITH WITH

QUESTION:

VARIATION THREE GOVERNOR, STANDARD QUESTION PART TWO, -YOU'VE JUST GOT TO INDULGE ME, I'M GOING TO BE SIXTY-TWO ON MONDAY

TAKEN JUST A LITTLE BIRTHDAY PRESENT DO YOU AGREE THAT IF YOU WERE

WOULD BE VERY OUT OF HERE, GOD WILLING OR WHATEVER IT IS, THAT IT POLITICALLY DESTABALISING FOR HONG KONG BECAUSE YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU MAKE CLEAR TO YOURSELF

NO HAVE

INTENTION OF GOING, BUT WOULD YOU

REASON ANYONE

IT WHATEVER WHO HAPPENED TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT FOR

YOU MIGHT BE A GOOD THING FOR YOU, OR IF NECESSARY, DO YOU THINK THAT

HERE REGARDED WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE PLAIN THAT IT WOULD BE DISHONOURABLE ACT?

GOVERNOR: NEGATIVE

YES.

AS A

THAN RATHER

A

THAT IS A

BE WOULD

OTHER

AND THAT'S AN AFFIRMATIVE YES, YES.

A HUNDRED AND ONE PER CENT YES. THAT'S

AND I THINK THERE COMPLETE TOTAL UNMITIGATED YES. PEOPLE WHO WOULD MAKE THAT POINT AS WELL.

QUESTION:

VERY GOOD SO FAR.

GOVERNOR:

-

GOVERNMENT'S,

LET ME ADD NOT A QUALIFICATION - NOT A QUALIFICATION THERE ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES INVOLVING BOTH HONESTY AND HONOUR, MINE AND

AND I THINK THAT' THE REMEMBER THAT.

IT

IS

IMPORTANT

BOTH ΤΟ

ANYTHING ELSE? OR CAN I GO

GO AND PACK MY BAG.

THAT'LL BE THE DAY.

/QUESTION: