The daughters of Chris Patten, (l to r) Laura, Kate and Alice, say a tearful goodbye to Hong Kong, from on board the Royal yacht Britannia. [7], Patten's tenure faced several different challenges, as many in Hong Kong were still reeling from the Tiananmen Square massacre a few years earlier. Kris Cheng is a Hong Kong journalist with an interest in local politics. Patten also played the role of Vicky Anderson, in an episode of New Tricks, the daughter of an English-born Hong Kong businessman, Douglas Anderson, who had been involved in questionable building deals in Hong Kong, shortly before the end of British rule in 1997.[5]. [9] Patten's approval rating in Hong Kong in April 1992 was 53% and ended his tenure with an approval rating of 59.7%.[4]. A caption was changed to correct a date: Chris Patten received the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1998; not 1989. If you require information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service. The two posts combined had received more than 8,000 likes and 700 shares by Monday morning. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC (Chinese: ;[1] born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. CH PC Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes 1944512 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 19921997 It came, however, immediately in the wake of widespread criticism of the BBC's live outside-broadcast coverage of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on 3 June 2012, which was castigated in the press and was the subject of 1,830 formal complaints by viewers. As party chairman, he was widely considered to be the main architect of the somewhat unexpected Conservative victory at the 1992 general election. Try AbeBooks. Paperback. Hong Kong netizens have been posting old photos of Chris Patten's three daughters Laura, Kate and Alice when they were in Hong Kong, since the incident involving Leung Chun-yan, the Chief. Chris Patten, who led Britain's last government in Hong Kong before the Asian financial hub was returned to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, said it was "heartbreaking" to see its transformation. In politics, one has to make a distinction between people who are doing things that are wrong and people who are trying to do things that are right. In 2003 he was awarded an honorary LL.D. The Tory grandee, publishing his diaries of his time as governor of Hong Kong, on the greedy west giving China an easy ride and his partys long nervous breakdown, A few minutes after the result of Mondays confidence vote in the prime minister was announced, I spoke to Chris Patten on the phone. Alice has obviously chosen to go into a world that's amazing and stuff, which will obviously attract attention, but she's my dearest best friend, she's absolutely amazing, and I know she'll be a huge star. Try AbeBooks. It was going to become part of China. It's that kind of awful TV.". PHOTOGRAPH Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images However the general public regarded him positively. She lived in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. She lived in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. The attempt, for example, to understand the relationship between a slave trade and the Atlantic economy of which we were a part seems to me to be fundamentally important. All real Hong Kongers miss the Patten family very much. What theyre doing in Hong Kong is wicked. 04 Dec 1998. Former Hong Kong Gov. Nevertheless, she matured into an ordinary teenager, doing some modelling and going out with an Australian surfer called Alex while in Hong Kong. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944, in Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, to Frank and Joan Patten. The plans call for 21 apartment units . Patten oversaw many crises in the area of European foreign policy, most notably the failure of the European Union to come up with a common unified policy before the Iraq War in 2003. In November 2016 Patten was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour, and was presented with the award by the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom Sylvie Bermann at Kensington Palace Gardens. There she goes, one says, to which the other, thinking about mortality, replies: Yes but therell be others who will say, Here she comes. Though Patten likes that idea, the third possibility strikes him as most understandable: that we live on in people remembering our smiles. Do you have specialist knowledge or a particular interest about any aspect of the portrait or sitter or artist that you can share with us? 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LegCo members returned in 1995 were originally to serve beyond the Handover, thereby providing institutional continuity across the transition of Hong Kong to the PRC. 2023 Hong Kong news - Independent, non-profit, impartial. In addition to the name, Pattern appears to be based heavily on Patten, matching his appearance, political affiliation (Conservative) and family (a wife and two daughters with him in Hong Kong). In 2016, in the wake of a student movement to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes from a college in Oxford, as had happened in South Africa, Patten said that Oxford students who did not like Cecil Rhodes should "think about being educated elsewhere". His family was Irish Catholic. It wasnot the first time Hong Kong netizens posted photos of Pattens family, after they left the city in 1997. What will happen if the Communist party starts arresting us, sending people to prison? In answer, he went, he says, through all those quotes one uses, you know, Nelson Mandela, you cant lock up an idea, and so on. You must be at least 18 years old to create an account, Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number, I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Evening Standard. [8], In contrast to his predecessors, Patten decided not to wear the official Court uniform on formal occasions. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Her father Leung Chun-ying called an ambulance to the Government House and told reporters that Chai-yan was under a lot of pressure as a young girl, that she has been seeking medical help. Patten was not a career diplomat, unlike the previous governors. Friends describe Rookwood, or "Rookers" as he is known, as "an avid Liverpool supporter, and a bit of a lad", but say that the couple - who have been together for eight months - are in love. Photo by Fiona Hanson/PA Patten bemoaned the fact that much of the corporation's high-brow programming had been moved to BBC Four, the digital channel, and given low budgets that meant shows were "sometimes made with glue and string". "She's very popular here, partly because she pulls her weight, partly because she's fun too. Blonde and elfin, Alice - who was nicknamed "Little Princess" by her sisters - found it perhaps hardest of all to adjust to returning to Britain. Like Laura, she has also spent the past five years quietly pursuing her career. He put out his memoir, 'Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs', on September 29, 2005. He has been married to Lavender Thornton since 1971. Laura patten Stock Photos and Images. It was an extremely apolitical household; my parents would have voted Conservative. He described the government as shameful and seedy. Patten tried, he says, to give an answer that recognised that he was not being required to be as brave as they might be, in making that choice. He considered that the EU had become overly dependent on Russian energy supplies, and should become more engaged with the countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia in order to diversify supplies. Chris Patten, with wife Lavender and daughters Alice and Laura, is greeted by the Chief Secretary, Sir David Ford, on arrival in Hong Kong on 9 July 1992 Much of the time during the summer is. Netizens were amazed by the apparent response from the English actress, however, as it is a fan page it isunlikely that it is managedby Patten herself. Patten was also denounced by some Chinese media and politicians as the "whore of the East" and a "serpent", and was most famously called a "sinner who would be condemned for a thousand generations" (Chinese: ) by Lu Ping, the head of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. His first job in the party was as a desk officer. Lavender doesnt entirely approve; I think she fears it makes me a tad sanctimonious. There are still a few. Between 1998 and 1999, Chris Patten served as the Chairperson of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland. The daughters of Chris Patten, Laura, Kate and Alice, say a tearful goodbye to Hong Kong, from on board the Royal yacht Britannia. In each of those roles, he has been pitted not against the left, but mostly against the Daily Mail and the ideologues and nut jobs in his own party. I take as my baseline what Nelson Mandela said about the Rhodes Trust, he says. When they learn that their coach has died, they all return to New England with their families for the funeral. Patten is portrayed the video game Hong Kong 97 as ordering Chin, an unspecified relative of Bruce Lee, to massacre the entire population of mainland China. [28], In February 2010, Patten was appointed President of Medical Aid for Palestinians, but he stepped down in June 2011. Its an aspect of a mature patriotism to look at both the good bit and the bad bits. He grew up in West London and attended a Catholic primary school, Our Lady of the Visitation, in Greenford, and later the independent St Benedict's School in Ealing, west London. She still lives at home with her parents and is particularly close to her father, who is now the external relations commissioner for the European Union and is described by Alice as "the best listener I know". Following his governorship, Patten led the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland, a major implementation step of the Northern Ireland peace process pursuant to the Good Friday Agreement from 1998 to 1999. Anyway on we go, in my case to Strasbourg and treason the European parliament. Even for old Tories, hope springs eternal. In PM Margaret Thatchers cabinet, Patten served as the Secretary of State for the Environment from July 1989 to November 1990. After the handover ceremony he left the city, together with Prince Charles, on board the British royal yacht, HMY Britannia. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC ( Chinese: ; [1] born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. The Legislative Council became a fully elected legislature for the first time in 1995 and extensively expanded its functions and organisations throughout the last years of colonial rule.[10]. He made the case for negotiation rather than outright demands for independence. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC is a politician from Britain. Christopher Francis Patten was born on May 12 1944. Chris Patten. . The most depressing thing is Ive been watching interviews with ministers this evening, he said, and the titles alone are so depressing. If you wish to license an image, please use our Rights and Images service. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. [29], In 2014 Pope Francis appointed Patten to head a body to advise the Vatican on media strategy and on how to handle the press, which he remained on until 2016. What the Chinese have done in Xinjiang is wicked. Unlike most previous Hong Kong governors, he was not a career diplomat from the UK Foreign Office although he was not the first former MP to become a governor of Hong Kong. I talk in the diaries about trying to explain to my opposite number in Beijing what the rule of law was, that it wasnt rule by law. Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, was no stranger in picking fights with China. The daughter of the last British governor of Hong Kong has receiveda recent outpouring of affection from Hongkongers, following an incident in whichthe Chief Executive allegedly used his privilegestohelp his daughter bypass airport security rules. Chris Patten. [32] In March 2009, Patten received the title Doctor honoris causa by South East European University. A Lancashire native, Patten grew up in London and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. The 42-year-old musician's family confirmed to People magazine that Hannah Price, who was found dead in her home two . Patten was born in 1944 on the day the German army was driven out of Crimea. Your contributions must be polite and with no intention of causing trouble. [15] This report led to the disbanding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and establishment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. We should say so. You can see it in the language used by [former Hong Kong chief executive] Carrie Lam and now this terrible policeman who is her successor, John Lee. 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