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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1994

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GOVERNOR LAUNCHES HOLIDAY SEASON IN LOS ANGELES

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER

ANGELES TIME) BEGAN HIS OFFICIATING AT THE WEST CULTURE AND COMMERCE.

PATTEN, ON MONDAY (LOS WEEK-LONG VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES BY COAST'S LARGEST CELEBRATION OF HONG KONG

KICKING OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON IN LOS ANGELES' SANTA MONICA PLACE, MR PATTEN SWITCHED ON THE LIGHTS OF A 700-POUND CRYSTAL CHRISTMAS TREE AS PART OF THE "HELLO HONG KONG" CELEBRATION, ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

AT A RECEPTION CELEBRATING THE 24-DAY EXPO WHICH FEATURES MORE THAN 80 HONG KONG CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXHIBITS, MR PATTEN WELCOMED THE CHANCE FOR CALIFORNIANS

SEE QUALITY HONG

KONG PRODUCTS AND DESIGN.

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HE NOTED THAT TRADE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE UNITED STATES A TOTALLED OVER US$40 BILLION A YEAR, WITH ABOUT ONE-FIFTH OF THAT AS RESULT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CALIFORNIA.

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"BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP IS BASED ON FAR MORE THAN THE COMMERCIAL TIES WHICH JOIN US, THE GOVERNOR SAID. "WE ALSO SHARE VALUES WHICH MAKE BOTH OUR SOCIETIES OPEN AND FREE AND TOLERANT AND I THINK THAT IS

CELEBRATE

AS WELL AS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO

OUR ECONOMIC LINKS ON AN OCCASION LIKE THIS."

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THE GOVERNOR STRESSED THAT HONG KONG EMBODIED MANY OF THE SAME VALUES THAT HAD MADE CALIFORNIA SO SUCCESSFUL: "THE SAME DEDICATION TO HARD WORK AND THE SAME ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT WHICH HAVE CREATED DECENT AND CIVILISED SOCIETIES ΤΟ BRING UP OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES.

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FOLLOWING THE TREE-LIGHTING CEREMONY, THE GOVERNOR ATTENDED A LUNCHEON WITH SEVERAL PROMINENT MEMBERS BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

OF

THE GOVERNOR STARTED THE FIRST DAY OF HIS VISIT BY PROVIDING THE EDITORIAL BOARD

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

AN WITH

EXCLUSIVE

BRIEFING.

COUNTY,

IN THE AFTERNOON, MR PATTEN TRAVELLED SOUTH TO ORANGE HEADQUARTERS FOR MANY INTERNATIONAL U.S. COMPANIES, FOR A TOUR OF RESEARCH, THE WORLD'S FIFTH LARGEST PERSONAL COMPUTER MANUFACTURER WITH A NUMBER-ONE MARKET SHARE POSITION IN HONG KONG AND CHINA.

ON MONDAY EVENING, THE GOVERNOR ATTENDEES AT A DINNER HOSTED BY THE COUNCIL IN ANAHEIM.

WILL ADDRESS MORE THAN 500 ORANGE COUNTY WORLD AFFAIRS

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