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(II) THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HK MUST BE
MAINTAINED
(B) THREE IMMUTABLES--
(C)
(I) HK'S CAPITALIST SYSTEM
(II)
HK'S STYLE OF LIVING
(III)
HK AS A SUCCESSFUL FINANCIAL CENTRE AND FREE
PORT (HE GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY
AND FOREIGN INVESTMENTS WOULD BE PROTECTED)
HK WOULD BE GOVERNED BY HK PEOPLE--HE ELABORATED
THAT WHILST HE HAD VISITED HK SOME 20 TIMES, HE WOULD NOT
REGARD HIMSELF AS "A HK PERSON" AND REITERATED
THAT IT WOULD BE INDIGENOUS HK PEOPLE GOVERNING HK
IN DUE COURSE. HE ADDED THAT PEOPLE OF CHINESE
DERIVATION SHOULD HAVE SELF-CONFIDENCE THAT HK
CAN BE SO GOVERNED. HE ASKED HIS AUDIENCE IF THAT
WERE "A GOOD IDEA"THIS DREW FROM THE GUESTS A
ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
CHINA :
ACHIEVEMENTS AND ERRORS
(A) CHINA HAD ACHIEVED MUCH BUT HAD MADE MISTAKES
FROM TIME TO TIME (EG THE LATE 50'S AND EARLY 70'S
WERE CITED AS EXAMPLES, ALSO THE GANG OF FOUR)
(B) CHINA IS TIRED OF FURTHER CHANGE (STRONG IMPLICATION
HERE THAT THE REFERENCE IS TO POLITICAL CHANGE) AND
THERE WOULD BE NO FEAR OF CHANGE
(C)
CHINA AIMS NOW TO MAKE "STEADY STEP-BY-STEP PROGRESS
FORWARD"
(D) CHINA'S ECONOMY IS "GOOD"
(E) CHINA'S INDUSTRIALIZATION IS GOING AHEAD "FAST"
(F)
CHINA'S "MAJOR MISTAKE" IS ITS MASSIVE POPULATION.
THE AMBASSADOR COMPLIMENTED TAIWAN ON ITS COMPARATIVELY
BETTER DEVELOPMENT BUT PUT IT DOWN TO AID BY USA
(TO THE TUNE OF US DOLLAR 1,500 PER CAPITA). NO SINGLE
COUNTRY COULD POSSIBLY PROVIDE PER CAPITA AID OR LOAN
TO CHINA ON SUCH A SCALE:
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