Hong Kong - Patten addresses assembly
(2 Oct 1996) T/I: 10:19:22
Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten on Wednesday (2/10) strongly criticised China for its plans to scrap Hong Kong's elected assembly. Addressing the opening of the 1996-1997 session of the colony's Legislative
Council, Patten declared that its abolition and replacement by a less
democratic institution could deal body blows to confidence in Hong Kong under Chinese rule.
SHOWS:
HONG KONG, 2/10.
Vs social welfare activists protesting policy changes, chanting and waving banners;
car arriving with Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten entering assembly; Chris Patten mounts podium to give speech;
SOT Chris Patten: "I promised all this four years ago that are the British government would become more open and acceptable. It has done so performance policy commitments, access to in information, my questions and answer session here is part of the process to open up government...Britain also sought to secure to secure Hong Kong in the future the same degree of autonomy in social and economic matters as it
enjoys today.
c/a assembly
SOT continues: British ministers have also drawn Chinese leaders' attention to the declaration that the government of the UK and China, that during the transitional period that the UK governemnt will be responsibe for the management of Hong Kong and that the Chinese government will give it's co-operation...A provisional legislature cannot operate in parallel with this council..it makes a bad idea worse. It's unneccessary and provocative.. we will not assist and we
will have nothing to do with it.. I shall however give the greatest support in a positive manner to help my successor. I say this without qualification".
w/s assembly;
voice over of saying that the meeting is adjourned until;...when the governor leaves please remain standing;
Chris Patten leaves;
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He is much better than any CEs of Hong Kong
An important moment to remember: The only time Hong Kong came at least close to a real democracy: 1995-1997. Those were the days....😥
Hongkongers miss you Lord Patten. Thank you for speaking up for us.
@America_bombsTSMC
3 жыл бұрын
Yeh, the last colonist, zero-vote governor Patten talked about democracy.
@Lou1Ka1Si1
2 жыл бұрын
@@America_bombsTSMC Hong Kong under his rule is more democratic than the HKSAR have ever been
@America_bombsTSMC
2 жыл бұрын
@@Lou1Ka1Si1 don't try to represent us. Dont guess. 2021 Mar. the judge(the right honorable lord Sumption) said HK never has democracy. But law courts are independent. He is working as non-permanent judge in hk.
@Lou1Ka1Si1
2 жыл бұрын
@@America_bombsTSMC I’m not trying to represent anyone, I’m a hongkonger ur a Chinese, ur the one guessing cuz u know nothing about Hong Kong’s history. First of all what judge? Second of all in March 2021 the National security law was already enacted. The judge will get immediately arrested for saying anything against the government. Also, Hong Kong was pushed for reform under patten’s rule, allowing half of the Legco to be democratically elected by universal suffrage and no candidates was disqualified because of their political agenda.
@America_bombsTSMC
2 жыл бұрын
@@Lou1Ka1Si1 wtf, what base you think of I am not bornt in hk. Narrow minded proWester, you are just of loud minority
Those old good days in British Hong Kong.
We will never see demonstration like this again
What a time to be alive.
Read my letters to editor in Financial Times and Wall Street Journal bout Hong Kong.
@williamflores2079
5 жыл бұрын
Frankie Leung did they ever respond?
This zero-vote HK governor talked about democracy。The last colonist in the world , shame on him.
@Blindswordsman1994
3 жыл бұрын
Did more for democracy than all those CE!!! Funny isn’t it, the colonial masters did more for Hong Kong than those puppets like CY Leung and Carrie Lam
@America_bombsTSMC
3 жыл бұрын
@Ed M he wanted to reform hk after colonimg 150 yrs? He wanted to reform just before UK leaving hk. Why? Stupid, think of his and his country's interests. No one gives you free lunch.
@iljabaldauf6988
3 жыл бұрын
@@America_bombsTSMC Great Britain had long wanted to reform Hong Kong after World War II. But China had refused and stopped Great Britain from doing so. The fault here is not with Great Britain. The fault lies with China. And now China has completely abolished freedom of expression and the press in 2019, freedom of assembly in 2020 and a few weeks ago even that little bit of democracy in Hong Kong.
@iljabaldauf6988
3 жыл бұрын
@@America_bombsTSMC And it doesn't really speak for China that the people of Hong Kong as a colony had more freedoms and that their human rights are now being deprived under the sovereignty of China.
@America_bombsTSMC
3 жыл бұрын
@@iljabaldauf6988 stupid. Last month, former chief Judge Sumption of UK said HK never has democracy, but law courts are independent up to now. He is non-permanent judge in hk. Freedom? We were bullied by British. All laws were made by British or its agents. You tried to describe HK, or a colony, was a heaven.