1992-12-04
18:56 COMMS OFFICE (GOVT HOUSE)
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THINK BY A VERY SUBSTANTIAL MARGIN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. I
THINK THAT IT'S UNWISE TO COMMENT ON MOVEMENTS UP AND DOWN IN THE HANG
SENG INDEX BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE HONG KONG
ECONOMY ARE AS SOUND AS THOSE OF ANY ECONOMY IN THE WORLD AND THAT THE
HONOURABLE MEMBER'S YOUNG FRIEND WILL FIND, AS WILL OTHERS, THAT
INVESTING IN HONG KONG IS PROBABLY BETTER THAN INVESTING ANYWHERE ELSE
IN THE WORLD.
MARTIN LEE: MR PRESIDENT, DO YOU FEEL THAT WE SHOULD STAND UP TO ASK
OUR QUESTIONS OR WOULD YOU MUCH RATHER WE SIT DOWN?
GOVERNOR:
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IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING, IN YOUR HANDS.
MARTIN LEE: USUALLY A RARRTSTER THINKS MORE CLEARLY WHEN HE'S
STANDING UP, THEREFORE I WILL ASK MY QUESTION STANDING UP. SINCE
1991, DEMOCRACY WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES AND AT THAT ELECTION THOSE
WHO ARE FOR DEMOCRACY WON. AND HERE, OUT OF THE 18 PEOPLE IN THE
DEMOCRACTIC CAMP, 17 SUPPORT YOUR PROPOSALS. SO COULD YOU THEREFORE
GUARANTEE TO US THAT SHOULD MOST OF THE DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU, YOU WILL NOT BACK-PEDAL OR ABANDON YOUR
ORIGINAL PROPOSALS?
GOVERNOR: MY POSITION REMAINS AS I DESCRIBED IT EARLIER. I THINK THE
PROPOSALS THAT I PUT FORWARD ARE GOOD ONES. THE PROPOSALS I PUT
FORWARD HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
THE PROPOSALS
THAT I'VE PUT FORWARD HAVE BEEN, I THINK SO FAR, WELL RECEIVED IN HONG
KONG. I REMAIN OPEN TO DISCUSS PROPOSALS WHICH ANYBODY ELSE PUTS
FORWARD WHICH THEY REGARD AS BETTER THAN MINE. BY BETTER I MEAN MORE
OPEN, MORE FAIR AND MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. BUT I
HAVEN'T BEEN OVERWHELMED THUS FAR BY SUCH PROPOSALS, THOUGH I'M
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