查尔斯王子在香港回归仪式上演讲与难点注释.docVIP

查尔斯王子在香港回归仪式上的演讲及难点注释 Speech by Prince of Wales at Hong Kongs Handover Ceremony 查尔斯王子在香港回归仪式上的演讲 President Jiang Zemin, Premier Li Peng, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: This important and special ceremony marks a moment of both change and continuity in Hong Kongs history. It marks, first of all, the restoration of Hong Kong to the Peoples Republic of China, under the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, after more than 150 years of British administration. This ceremony also celebrates continuity because, by that same treaty and the many subsequent agreements which have been made to implement its provisions, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will have its own government, and retain its own society, its own economy and its own way of life. I should like to pay tribute this evening to those who turned the concept of one country, two systems into the Joint Declaration, and to the dedication and commitment of those who have worked so hard over the last thirteen years to negotiate the details of the Joint Declarations implementation. But most of all I should like to pay tribute to the people of Hong Kong themselves for all that they have achieved in the last century and a half. The triumphant success of Hong Kong demands - and deserves - to be maintained. Hong Kong has shown the world how dynamism and stability can be defining characteristics of a successful society. These have together created a great economy which is the envy of the world. Hong Kong has shown the world how East and West can live and work together. As a flourishing commercial and cultural cross-roads, it has brought us together and enriched all our lives. Thirteen years ago the Governments of the United Kingdom and the Peoples Republic of China recognised in the Joint Declaration that these special elements which had created the crucial conditions for Hong Kongs success should continue. They agreed that, in order to maintain that success, Hong Kong should