TNAG-2591-FCO40-3779-Appointment-of-Chris-Patten-as-new-Governor-of-Hong-Kong--Ap-1992 — Page 115

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CHOOSING A CHINESE NAME FOR MR PATTEN

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1.

Dr Hoare passed me a copy of Mr Law's minute to Miss Shepherd of 27 April. You asked for advice about a Chinese name for Mr

Patten.

2. Having studied the ten options, there are three we particularly like. We favour A, C and E because they have good meanings, and sound pleasant in both Mandarin and Cantonese. C is a strong

it sounds rather like "Patten" and means "a man of

possibility: integrity".

3.

We have ruled out those with a "calamitous" number of strokes, because this would be bound to be picked up and could leave the name open to criticism. I would not suggest the use of B, because its meaning could be interpreted as "London rule". I do not think the character for "rule" should be used at all, because this is too readily linked to the emotive phrase "Hong Kong people rule Hong Kong". We have no particular problem with E, except that "Pang Tang" gives a rather repetitive sound. J ("Ting-yin") has a good meaning, but sounds rather feminine.

4. I hope these observations prove useful.

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H K Brooks

Far East Section

Research & Analysis Dept OAB 2/126 210 6218

28 April 1992

cc Mr H Davies, FED

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