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Speech by His Excellency the Governor The Rt Hon Christopher Patten

at the Opening Ceremony of the

51st Zonta International

Biennial Convention

on Sunday 19 July 1992

President Ms Forde, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am delighted to be here this

evening to welcome you all to the 51st

Zonta International Biennial Convention.

2.

This is an evening of firsts :

it is my first opening ceremony

as Governor of Hong Kong;

it

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the first time I have ever

addressed the Zontians; and

it is

the first

convention

Zontians have ever held in Hong

Kong, indeed the first in Asia.

3.

chose

Hong Kong is honoured that you

Us to host this special convention.

You have, if I may say so, chosen well.

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