经典名人英语演讲稿31：查尔斯王子香港主权交接演讲 mp3

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[00:05.25]31. Speech by Prince Charles at Hong Kong's Handover Ceremony
[00:12.86]This important and special ceremony marks a moment of both change and continuity in Hong Kong's history. 
[00:21.87]It marks, first of all, the restoration of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China, 
[00:29.86]under the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, 
[00:34.78]after more than 150 years of British administration. 
[00:41.80]This ceremony also celebrates continuity because, 
[00:45.86]by that same treaty and the many subsequent agreements which have been made to implement its provisions, 
[00:53.35]the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will have its own government, 
[00:59.64]and retain its own society, its own economy and its own way of life. 
[01:04.48]I should like to pay tribute this evening to those who turned the concept of "one country, two systems" into the Joint Declaration, 
[01:13.80]and to the dedication and commitment of those who have worked so hard over the last thirteen years 
[01:23.40]to negotiate the details of the Joint Declaration's implementation. 
[01:28.16]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. 
[01:37.97]The triumphant success of Hong Kong demands---and deserves---to be maintained.
[01:44.80]Hong Kong has shown the world how dynamism and stability can be defining characteristics of a successful society. 
[01:54.20]These have together created a great economy which is the envy of the wor1d. 
[02:00.62]Hong Kong has shown the world how East and West can live and work together. 
[02:07.43]As a flourishing commercial and cultural cross-roads, it has brought us together and enriched all our lives. 
[02:16.61]Thirteen years ago the Governments of the United Kingdom 
[02:20.85]and the People's Republic of China recognised in the Joint Declaration that these special elements 
[02:28.14]which had created the crucial conditions for Hong Kong's success should continue. 
[02:33.98]They agreed that, in order to maintain that success, 
[02:38.24]Hong Kong should have its own separate trading and financial systems, 
[02:42.64]enjoy autonomy and an elected legislature, maintain its laws and liberties, 
[02:49.59]and be run by the people of Hong Kong and be accountable to them. 
[02:54.70]Those special elements have served Hong Kong well over the past two decades. 
[03:01.00]Hong Kong has coped with the challenges of great economic, 
[03:05.89]social and political transition with almost none of the disturbance and dislocation 
[03:10.95]which in other parts of the world have so often accompanied change on such a scale.
[03:17.43]The United Kingdom has been proud and privileged to have had responsibility for the people of Hong Kong, 
[03:25.20]to have provided a framework of opportunity in which Hong Kong has so conspicuously succeeded, 
[03:33.63]and to have been part of the success which the people of Hong Kong have made of their opportunities. 
[03:41.91]In a few moments, the United Kingdom's responsibilities will pass to the People's Republic of China. 
[03:49.87]Hong Kong will thereby be restored to China and, within the framework of "one country, two systems", 
[03:58.27]it will continue to have a strong identity of its own and be an important international partner for many countries in the world.

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经典名人英语演讲稿31：查尔斯王子香港主权交接演讲 mp3