Chapter 77 Governor MacLehose resigns

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Anglo, Director of the Information Division, and at the outset, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you who are here from the media, and thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend our press conference.

At the request of the Governor of Hong Kong, Mr. MacLehose, the content to be announced at this press conference will also be explained by him himself, and let us welcome Mr. MacLehose to the stage with applause......"

Angelo's face was full of bright smiles at this time, and he politely invited his boss to give a speech, while MacLehose, on the other hand, his face was full of seriousness at this time, and if he was careful enough, he could catch the lonely look in his eyes.

"On November 19, 1971, I accepted the Queen's appointment as the 25th Governor of Hong Kong.

The Chinese Movement in '64, the Chinese-funded bank run in the following year, the turmoil in '67, the depreciation of the Hong Kong dollar in '70, the youth student movement, the anti-corruption movement, and even the third year in office, due to the stock market crash, the international oil embargo brought about a full-blown economic recession, bankrupt citizens, workers with four walls, idle young people, corrupt institutions, poor resettlement areas, and severe inflation.

As a result of these social uneasiness, I realized that I could no longer use traditional methods of governance to govern Hong Kong, which was becoming increasingly in our society, so I set up the Independent Commission Against Corruption, built the MTR and electrified railways, implemented the new town plan and localised civil servants, vigorously promoted education, implemented the 'Home Ownership Scheme' scheme, developed health, education and social welfare, and adopted new transport and transportation measures.

After nearly a decade of development, continuous social and economic development, and continuous improvement of people's living standards, the total export value of Hong Kong in the first half of the year has reached an unprecedented 40 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is an affirmation of my efforts as the governor of Hong Kong for so many years, and can make me proud and proud of it until the day I return to the arms of Jesus.

According to the original plan, my term of office will expire in May next year, perhaps because I have been in this position for too long, and Her Majesty the Queen, considering that I am no longer fit to deal with the daily tedious affairs, has decided to let me return to China early, and the new Governor of Hong Kong, Mr. Youde, will take up his post in a week.

For this reason, I think I need to hold a press conference, and I will personally announce this news to you, I hope you will have confidence in the future development of Hong Kong, and do not hold back because of a temporary setback. ”

Standing in front of the news station, MacLehose calmly recounted his experience during his tenure, Hong Kong's development over the years, and his prospects for the future, hoping that Hong Kong people can give themselves confidence.

After the speech, MacLehose bowed deeply to everyone and then returned along the road he had just come, leaving only the back of the person who looked a little slumped when he left.

There was a dead silence in the press room, and everyone was stunned by the force of the depth charge.

"Oh my God, it's incredible, what I just heard, the Governor of Hong Kong, Mr. MacLehose, actually said that he was about to end his term of office early......"

"Is this true, Mr. Governor is not joking with us, there has been no such news before!"

After the dead silence, it was boiling, all the media present were boiling, this is big news, what news in Hong Kong can be more sensational than the change of Hong Kong governor!

At this time, Zhang Ting and Feng Fei had also come back to their senses, and the results of the previous analysis could not keep up with the development of things at all, which made both of them feel that there should be a lot of things that needed to be studied.

"Ah Feng, how about the two of us working together this time?"

The development of things has exceeded expectations, which also makes Zhang Ting feel that if they only rely on the strength of their newspaper in Hong Kong, they may not be able to dig out the causes and consequences of the incident, and choosing to unite at this time is undoubtedly a very wise choice, and I believe that with her status as the first sister of the newspaper, no one should question the decision she made.

"Okay, Sister Ting, this incident completely surprised everyone, the two of us will work together, I believe that we can analyze the real reason for Mr. Hong Kong's resignation before the newspaper is printed tomorrow!"

In the words of politicians, there has never been a lack of cover-up, and from MacLehose's speech just now, she clearly felt that the other party still has deep feelings for Hong Kong, and how can people with such feelings resign from the position of governor because of so-called physical reasons, and before, there has never been any news that MacLehose's body is abnormal, and people are in good health, saying that it is because of physical reasons, which is just a modified cover-up.

The press conference came and went quickly, less than ten minutes, except for the staff in the press conference hall that was full of people before, all the other reporters had left at the first time, returned to their own newspaper to write press releases and then release, the small newspaper reported on MacLehose's imminent departure in the first time for the sake of sales, and the big news agencies, they were not in a hurry, but wanted to dig out the deeper reasons for MacLehose's departure.

It can be said that after a preliminary analysis of these big newspapers, no one believes that MacLehose will leave his post early due to health reasons, so the queen mentioned in his mouth, or the Prime Minister of the Iron Lady, must also have some unknown secrets in this matter, and every move of the Hong Kong governor will directly affect the development of Hong Kong society.

"Ah Feng, just now I have been thinking about the analysis before the press conference, I think your analysis is very reasonable, it may be that we have neglected something, or we have thought about the development of things as much as possible, and we have not considered how things would have developed if Mr. Governor of Hong Kong had not achieved any results in his visit to the north last month......

Since the two decided to cooperate, Zhang Ting and Lu Feng planned to follow Feng Fei to the office building of the Hong Kong Daily, but when they were about to reach their destination, Zhang Ting suddenly put forward his own ideas to Feng Fei.

"That's right, Sister Ting, what you said makes sense, Ah Zhe, quickly turn around and take us to the Historical Archives, I believe that as long as we can understand the detailed itinerary of MacLehose's trip north, we will definitely be able to see something from it......"

Once people's ideas are denied by reality, it is difficult to advance again, Feng Fei, who was originally going to return to the newspaper office to re-analyze the reasons for the matter, immediately lit up when he heard Zhang Ting's words, and immediately realized that the other party's words were very reasonable.

"That's right, I'll go to the archives later, you're responsible for finding MacLehose's itinerary since '78, and I'm responsible for finding out the policy changes of the Hong Kong government in the past few years......"