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MESSAGE AND HIS OBVIOUS CONFIDENCE IN THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF HONG KONG AS A WORLD CLASS COMMERCIAL CENTRE. ACCORDING TO INTERLOCUTORS, THE AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY WAS REASONABLY CONFIDENT ABOUT HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND THE GOVERNOR RE-INFORCED THIS MESSAGE. GERARD HENDERSON,DIRECTOR OF THE SYDNEY INSTITUTE WHILE ADMITTING TO CONTINUED RESERVATIONS ABOUT HONG KONG'S FUTURE, SAID HIS PERCEPTIONS HAD BEEN CHANGED BY THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT. PETER ELLINGTON, CHINA CORRESPONDENT OF THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD AND THE MELBOURNE AGE NEWSPAPERS, TOLD THE SYDNEY INSTITUTE THAT HE WAS RELUCTANTLY FORCED TO CONCEDE THAT CHINA HAD HONOURED THE AGREEMENT IN HONG KONG. HENDERSON SAID IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT THE INSTITUTE'S MEMBERS WOULD HAVE PRESSED HIM ON THIS POINT BEFORE THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT.
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IT IS A PITY THAT MORE TIME COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOUND TO MEET THE UNUSUAL LEVEL OF DEMAND FOR MEDIA INTERVIEWS. HOWEVER, THE GOVERNOR MET A GOOD CROSS-SECTION OF THE PEOPLE WHO MATTER IN POLITICS AND BUSINESS AND HIS OWN CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE EVIDENTLY RUBBED OFF. I AM GRATEFUL TO SIR DAVID WILSON AND HIS PARTY FOR DEVOTING TIME AND EFFORT TO WHAT PROVED A VERY WORTH-WHILE VISIT.
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