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even better for our oncoming generations.
The Council already has its planning sights set on
we have a "rolling" five-year
the year 2001 and beyond
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development plan that will still be in operation when
civilisation reaches this momentous turn of history, and as
that development plan rolls forward we will be bringing in
even more improvements and still better services for the
people of Hong Kong.
If the Government has not yet done so, I would urge
the Government to also set its planning sights on the year
2001 and beyond
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Shortly after World War II there was a bogeyman
book produced whose title was the ominous date of "1984"
an imaginative work that portrayed a frightening scenario and
saw civilisation under the thumb of an all-powerful "Big
Brother" who ensured that life was a misery and a terror for
all.
But 1984 is with us now yet looking around me I
see no Big Brothers, no bogeymen, no misery and no terror.
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May I therefore say to the people of Hong Kong
let us all look beyond this bogeyman date of 1997 and think
positively of our future in the 21st century a century
when those with faith in our future can see a richer life of
continued achievement and satisfaction for all Hong Kong
citizens.