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It's a coincidence.\"\u003cbr/\u003eQ: \"So you didn't specifically choose this day?\"\u003cbr/\u003eA: \"Oh no.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Xu Hua Qiang\u003cbr/\u003eIn the weeks leading up to the handover, many businessmen and bankers have  expressed their confidence for the future of what is often referred to as the 'world's freest  free market'.\u003cbr/\u003eThey expect the financial and trading infrastructure of the new 'Special Administrative  Region' to remain the same as the old Hong Kong.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We're keeping the Hong Kong dollar after July 1st 1997 because a high degree of  autonomy has been assured for Hong Kong in many many areas, in fact. And amongst  those areas are fiscal monetary policy, foreign reserves and everything associated with  that.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Chris Langley, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank\u003cbr/\u003eChiefs of the Standard Chartered Bank, one of Hong Kong's note-issuing banks, also  expressed their optimism.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Standard Chartered Bank's Asian business represents about two thirds of its group's  pre-tax profits. Hong Kong itself is just over a third and I think the Hong Kong China  axis for us will be a very, very important area so we're extremely excited and view it very  positively indeed. \"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Gareth Bullock, Standard Chartered Bank\u003cbr/\u003eSounding only a little less confident for the future, Governor Chris Patten was heard all  over the world on his last radio phone-in programme. \u003cbr/\u003eMost calls came from Hong Kong and China. \u003cbr/\u003eThe governor emphasised that it was up to the people of Hong Kong to ensure the bright  and stable future of their region. \u003cbr/\u003eHe said he expected them to demand further changes towards the full democratisation  of Hong Kong.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"There is a process of steady democratisation which is set out in the Basic Law and I  think everybody inside Hong Kong and outside Hong Kong will be expecting that step  by step process to be honoured. I just add this point, I think it's very important that\u003cbr/\u003ethose steps are genuine and that we get real elections. I think people after 1995 know  what a real election is like, know what a free and fair election is like and I think they'll  be insisting that they get more of the same after 1997.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Chris Patten, Governor of Hong Kong\u003cbr/\u003eMany callers phoned the programme just to thank the governor and wish him and his  family good health in the future. \u003cbr/\u003eSeveral others raised the controversial issue of why the British Prime Minister and the U- S Secretary of State are boycotting China's ceremony to swear in Hong Kong's new  parliament.\u003cbr/\u003eOutside the station a few fans were waiting to wish Patten well and ask for his  autograph.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile the governor was at the studio, the men of the Black Watch were changing guard  for the last time at the headquarters of the British Forces in Hong Kong.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Black Watch -- Scotland's most famous modern day fighting regiment -- will leave  the colony shortly after midnight local time on July 1st.\u003cbr/\u003eArriving on Friday however, was Lady Thatcher. \u003cbr/\u003eAs Britain's former Prime Minister, it was Margaret Thatcher who signed the Joint  Declaration with China in 1984 formally returning the colony.\u003cbr/\u003eShe is among the many V-I-Ps attending the ceremonies and celebrations marking the  handover.\u003cbr/\u003eArriving at Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport, was First Lady of the Philippines Amelita  Ramos.\u003cbr/\u003eIn addition to attending some of the official celebrations, Mrs. Ramos will be playing the  piano in a concert for  Asian domestic workers in Hong Kong. \u003cbr/\u003eThere are around 140,000 Filipina maids in Hong Kong.\u003cbr/\u003eHong Kong, June 27, 1997\u003cbr/\u003eJune 27, 1997:\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of stock market (new listing of Jiang Su Expressway) Hong Kong stock  market opening \u003cbr/\u003e2. Men walk to podium\u003cbr/\u003e3. Cutaway traders\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Xu Hua Quang, Chairman, Jiang Su Expressway Company  Limited\u003cbr/\u003eRecent file:\u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of Hong Kong dollar being printed (VNR)\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chris Langley, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank \u003cbr/\u003e7. Set up shots, Standard Chartered Bank \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gareth Bullock, Standard Chartered Bank  \u003cbr/\u003eJune 27, 1997:\u003cbr/\u003e9. Governor Patten's car outside RTHK radio station \u003cbr/\u003e10. Exterior RTHK station \u003cbr/\u003e11. Chris Patten, Hong Kong Governor, wearing headphones\u003cbr/\u003e12. RTHK announcer behind microphones\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide shot, seated before broadcast\u003cbr/\u003e14. Red on air studio light\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chris Patten, Hong Kong Governor \u003cbr/\u003e16. Patten signing autograph for fan\u003cbr/\u003e17. Medium shot guards marching towards Prince of Wales barracks\u003cbr/\u003e18. Guard standing by sign\u003cbr/\u003e19. Another group of guards marches towards sign\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide shot of ceremony watched by crowd\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close up of boots, pan to faces\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close up of guard playing bagpipes leading parade\u003cbr/\u003e23. Sign of Mandarin Orient Hotel\u003cbr/\u003e24. Baroness Thatcher enters hotel\u003cbr/\u003e25. Cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e26. Plane flies over airport\u003cbr/\u003e27. 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