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YOUR TELNOS 1015-16: INAUGURATION SPEECH BY THE RT.HON. CHRISTOPHER PATTEN.

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THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE TEXT OF MR. PATTEN'S INAUGURATION SPEECH. MY GENERAL IMPRESSION IS THAT IT COVERS THE ESSENTIAL GROUND IN A FRESH AND DIRECT MANNER.

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WHAT HE SAYS MUST BE VERY MUCH MR PATTEN'S PERSONAL CHOICE. I WOULD ONLY WISH TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ON THE TEXT BY WAY OF FINE TUNING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SENSITIVITIES OF THE LOCAL AUDIENCE:

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AT SEVERAL POINTS IN THE TEXT, HONG KONG IS DESCRIBED AS A CITY AND AT OTHERS AS A TERRITORY. FOR THE SAKE OF CONSISTENCY BETTER TO USE THE WORD TERRITORY THROUGHOUT, EXCEPT WHERE THE AIM IS TO MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE URBAN AREA AND THE REST OF HONG KONG:

I SUGGEST THAT THE WORD QUOTE CITIZEN UNQUOTE SHOULD NOT BE USED TO DESCRIBE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. IT IS A LOADED WORD WITH NATIONALITY IMPLICATIONS NOW AND AFTER 1997. QUOTE PEOPLE UNQUOTE WOULD BE BETTER:

PARA 5. I SUGGEST REPLACING THE WORD QUOTE LIFESTYLE UNQUOTE BY QUOTE WAY OF LIFE UNQUOTE, WHICH IS THE TERM USUALLY USED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE JOINT DECLARATION:

PARA 20. THE WORDS QUOTE I ASSUME UNQUOTE SOUND A BIT ODD AND MIGHT BE DELETED.

PARA 21. I SUGGEST DELETING THE REFERENCE TO QUOTE HOMES UNQUOTE. HOUSING IS NOT A MAJOR ELEMENT IN THE ACP PROJECTS.

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PARA 22. THE PASSAGE DEALING WITH THE CONTROL OF INFLATION NEEDS FURTHER THOUGHT. IT IS NOT THE CENTRE PIECE OF GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC POLICY HERE AS IT IS IN THE U.K. GIVEN OUR PEGGED CURRENCY, LAND AND LABOUR SHORTAGES AND THE SIGNIFICANT RESTRUCTURING OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMY IN THE PAST DECADE, THERE IS NOT VERY MUCH MORE WE CAN DO IN PRACTICE TO REDUCE INFLATION. PROJECTIONS SUGGEST THAT THE LEVEL OF INFLATION IS LIKELY TO REMAIN AT THE PRESENT LEVEL, OR BE EVEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER, FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE PASSAGE AS DRAFTED WILL RAISE EXPECTATIONS WHICH PROBABLY CANNOT BE

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