1992-12-04 19:02 COMMS OFFICE (GOVT HOUSE)
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GOVERNOK: WELL, I WAS SURPRISED BY THE REMARKS OF THE VICE DIRECTOR OF
THE NCNA SINCE THEY SEEMED TO OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT THE JOINT
DECLARATION WAS SIGNED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM AS WELL AS CHINA, AND WAS
AN EXPLICIT AFFIRMATION OF OUR CONTINUING CONCERN FOR FIFTY YEARS FOR
THE SYSTEM IN HONG KONG WHICH IS
I'VE SAID ON OTHER OCCASIONS, NOT ONE COUNTRY ONE-AND-A-HALF SYSTEMS,
OR ONE COUNTRY ONE-AND-A-QUARTER SYSTEMS BUT ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS.
OUR WAY OF LIFE IN HONG KONG, OUR PROSPERITY AND STABILITY AND THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOSE THINGS AND THE FREEDOMS THAT WE CHERISH,
WHETHER FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY OR
THOSE THINGS ARE SET CUT IN
OTHER SORTS OF
GRE ST DETAIL IN THE JOINT
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DECLARATION. THEY WERE PART OF AN AGREEMENT
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AND AN AGREEMENT WHICH IS BINDING FOR FIFTY YEARS. SO, I REALLY CAN'T
UNDERSTAND HOW ANYBODY CAN SAY THAT OUR INTEREST IN, OR COMMITMENT TO
HONG KONG ENDS ON THE 30TH OF JUNE 1997, WHEN THE 28TH BRITISH
GOVERNOR TAKES HIS LEAVE. THE BEST WAY, ÚR ONE OF THE DOOT WAIS
JUDGEMENT IN WHICH WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE DISCHARGE THAT RECTONSIBILITY
IS BY GOVERNING HONG KONG IN THE NEXT 4-1/2 YEARS AS WELL AS POSSIBLE.
AND, BY TRYING TO ENSURE THERE ARE ARRANGEMENTS IN PLACE IN HONG KONG,
ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ARE IN LINE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE
BASIC LAW, ARRANGEMENTS WHICH HELP TO SECURE HONG KONG'S WAY OF LIFE
AFTER 1997, BECAUSE UNLESS WE ARE PREPARED TO TRY TO SECURE HONG
KONG'S WAY OF LIFE AFTER 1997 BEFORE 1997, IT IS RATHER GOING TO BE
RATHER MORE DIFFICULT TO DO SO AFTER 1997.
CAME TO HONG KONG, IN YOUR INAUGURAL SIMON IP: GOVERNOR, WHEN YOU
SPEECH YOU SAID THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT TASK YOU HAVE TO FACE IN THE
LVAGE O
M DY VIT DIVE VEADE IS TO BUILD TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING WITH CHINA.
CLEARLY, TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING ARE TWO COMMODITIES WHICH ARE IN VERY
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