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.18.

Hong Kong has

developed

social

and economic

systems very different from those of China, Partly for

this reason, relations

between the two sides have not

as we would have liked. Because

always been as smooth

history has given Hong Kong a different style of running

its affairs, political

as well as economic, we cannot

assume that our way of doing things will immediately be

understood or appreciated in Peking.

19.

the

systems" means.

This does not mean that after 1997 the Hong Kong

way of doing things will have to be brought in line with

systems in Peking: Hong Kong's way of doing things, and

our own systems, will continue. That is what "one country,

two

But if we are to build the sort of

partnership with China that we need, it is vital that all

Members of this Council, civil servants and the

general public, strive to present our Hong Kong point of

view patiently and carefully and be prepared to listen

with equal care and patience. Our aim and expectation

of us,

should be that the good sense and

resolved

goodwill which have

differences between the two sides since the Joint

Declaration

will continue to prevail. This expectation has

been given fresh life by the Prime Minister's visit to

/Peking