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DRAFT SPEECH BY LORD CAITHNESS

Your Excellency

MACAU

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7 DECEMBER 1991

Both my

I am grateful for your kind words of welcome.

wife and I would like to thank you and Mrs Lages Ribeiro

for your warm hospitality in Macau today.

I have of course heard much of Macau, and developments on

the West side of the Pearl River, and I am delighted to

have had this opportunity to see this at first hand.

This morning I had a very useful session with Your

Excellency's colleagues, discussing political and

economic events in the region. And I understand that I

will see something of Macau's fascinating history this

afternoon.

This is

Britain of course made a historical contribution to

Macau, and I am glad to hear that we are still

participating keenly in the projects of today.

something which underlines the links between Portugal and

Britain, Hong Kong and Macau. I share Your Excellency' s

recognition of the value of those links.

May I propose a toast to the health of His Excellency the

Acting Governor and to the prosperous development of

Macau.