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you the compliment of believing you well able to
manage your own affairs within the limitations of
your constitutional position. This has always
been the tradition. I have only to look around me to
see that it has worked out petty well. Our
principal political concern is that social progress
should match your economic growth. This, I know, is your Government's objective and it already
has many achievements to ts credit in this field.
This is the only sound basis on which a thriving
and industrious community such as yours can be
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to you about two of the international developments
which I consider among the most important at this
time, the enlargement of the European Economic
Community and the seating of China in the United
Nations. Both of these are of the greatest
significance to Hong Kong.
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Our Treaty of Accession to the European
Economic Community has just been signed, and will
be full members in under a year.
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Hong Kong Government and fought hard for Hong Kong's
that over the years interests and that, I hope will turn out to be
Association with them the largest trady com FF group I world intersattsfactory results for Hong Kong.
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use that in this respect you have little to fear
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