From: gt9414b@ferrari.uucp (Wing-Cheong William Man)
Subject: Re: Our new governor Chris Patten will visit our U. tomorrow
Organization: Computer Engineering Group, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:53:23 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.032147.2271@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk> shlam@eng.ie.cuhk.hk (Alan S H Lam) writes:
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>Our new governor Chris Patten will visit our U. tomorrow.
>He may read this news group.
>Would you like to say something to him?
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>Alan S. H. Lam
>Department of Information Engineering, CUHK, Hong Kong
>E-mail: shlam@eng.ie.cuhk.hk 
>Tel: (852) 609 7975 Fax: (852) 603 5032

Mr. Patten,

Friends of mine in HK told me through email that there is news in HK 
everyday about you since your arrival. Your receiving of the letter from
the protestor out of the governor's house surely wins a lot of praises,
(it would be votes in UK) and your help for the passing of the motion for
"Single vote, single seat" will have a positive effect on the development
of a representative government in HK. I think you are doing well as a 
beginning, much better than I expected. And I hope that you can continue.

During the second half of the transition period of HK, it must be a 
difficult task to be a good governor. But please pay more attention to
the voice of the general public and give due respect to these voice. 
HK people is a group of people whose fate is always determined by the
others. Though we consistently do good on the economice affairs without
the power to decide our future, we do want to have that power. I think
if we can have more direct election seats in the Legislative Council, the
government can response to the public opinion more promptly. Please note
that election is a basic human right that we should have, just as the 
citizens of UK. Please try hard to negotiate with China on this matter.

I must admit that HK people are fresh to democracy and we are still 
learning how to run an efficient democratic government. I hope we can
learn through practice. And as an experienced stateman from a democratic
country, we'll learn from you. Show us how a western politician should be
(as you are doing). You will be a model for us to learn.

Now that you have visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong, how do you
like it? Do you think it comparable to the famous universities in UK. 
Many overseas students from HK like me choose to leave our lovely home 
city in order to seek for a better research environment. The research 
environment in HK is far from ideal. Our research are less well-fund than
the other three little dragons in Asia. I don't understand why we are so.
Industries in the next century will be heavily rely on advance technology,
and as a major city in Asia, HK should have a high demand on high-tech 
research. My impression is that oversea students from HK always have good
performance. We should be capable of doing good research. If the government
can create an environment which encourage research activities, it will be
beneficial to HK in the long run.

Wish you every success in your future, for a better HK.

William Man
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