Hong Kong
Bob was twice a member of the Government of Hong Kong, in the 1980s and again in the 1990s. From 1993 to 1997, he was the Secretary responsible for Hong Kong's external affairs under Governor Chris Patten. For most of the period from 1979 to 1997, he was directly involved in the negotiations that culminated in the handover of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China on June 30, 1997, and receives a mention in Chris Patten's book, East and West and other books about that period.
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