The Speech by Chris Patten

This is the Governor's Speech at Farewell Ceremony of Hong Kong Handover, by Christopher Patten on 30 June 1997.

He is the greatest Governor ever in the history of Hong Kong, and established a model for a well-performed government. It is a pity that he cannot continue to manage the city and we never have one that can replace him so far (may be due to the sovereignty reason — you know, all clever people in the communist party are dead!)

When you read it, you will see what is a governor — he is not going to hide the bad things the British did to get the sovereignty of Hong Kong, and the British don’t mind this, too. Do you think the Chinese or communist can do the same? Base on our thousand-year-long ethical belief, I believe all real Chinese can. Communist? I don’t think so.