Governor: Well, if I was a widow of somebody who'd given their life for Hong Kong's freedom or if I was one of those who had suffered in order to make Hong Kong the free and successful community it is today, I'd think that spending seven hundred and forty thousand dollars in order to commemorate that is rather a small price to pay. I think that what happened in 1945 laid the foundations for one of the greatest economic miracles for one of the great success stories in the history of the second part of this century. I think not to spend a modest amount of money in marking that would show that we were a very short-sighted mean-minded community which we are not. So I'll certainly be returning from my holiday, provided I can get one, to take part in those commemorations which will be appropriate and solemn to the occasion that they mark and I think that looking back on what's been achieved, thanks to the sacrifice of others, should give us some inspiration about what we can manage to do in the future.
Question: When do you expect to go on holiday?
Governor: When the Legislative Council goes on its. Last question.
Question: CT9 again...
Governor: I haven't got anything to add to what I've said earlier.
End/Wednesday, July 19, 1995
Govt position on provisional legislature clear & consistent
A Government spokesman today (Wednesday) reaffirmed that there had been no agreement of any kind between the British/Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Government relating to the establishment of a provisional legislature in Hong Kong.
Replying to questions raised by Legislative Council Member Mr Martin Lee, the spokesman said the Hong Kong Government had made its position on this clear many times and that its stance on the question of a provisional legislature was consistent. "It is in Hong Kong's interests that the Legislative Council to be elected in September 1995 should be able to serve its full term to 1999," he said.
"In that way, we will have an experienced legislature in place on July 1, 1997 which commands the confidence of the community."
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