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again from '77 to '81.

PHILIP BOWKING:

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hell, even serving as a

diplomat is rather

different from running the territory of five

million people which is one of the largest trading

And this is a position

countries in the world.

where the Governor has

tremendous administrative

power by virtue of the way the place is organised.

DAVID LEY:

Now he is 51 years old. Is he expected to see

out the decade to go right through to 1997?

PHILIP BOWRING:

Well, I would think that that looks very much

on the cards.

DAVID LEY:

Philip Bowring of the Far Eastern Economic Review.

END.