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FOR SEHR D. WHESON FROM PRIVATE SECRETARYA GOVERNMENT HOUSE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOUR ARRIVAL: SPEECH BY SHR S.Y CHUNG“
16 MAR 1907
1. SHR S.Y. CHUNG HAS SENT THE ACTING GOVERNOR A COPY OF THE SPEECH THAT: HE PROPOSES TO MAKE AT THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY ON 9 APRIL. THE TEXT IS AS FOLLOWS :
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YOUR EXCELLENCYM LADY WILSON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :
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ON BEHALF OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY AND THE NON-GOVERNMENT MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILSK IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE THIS AFTERNOON TO EXTEND OUR WARMEST AND SINCERE WELCOME TO YOUR EXCELLENCY AND LADY WILSON FOR YOUR RETURN TO THIS TERRITORY AS THE NEW AND THE TWENTY-EIGHTH GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG.
HONG KONG HAS COME A LONG WAY DURING THE PAST FEW DECADES.
WE HAD GONE THROUGH A DECADE OF ECONOMENC TRANSFORMATION IN THE 1950SW OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT: IN THE 1960S AND OF RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE 1970S. THE 1980'S SAW THE LONG TERM RESOLUTION OF OUR FUTURE IN THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATHON A HISTORIC AGREEMENT MAN WHHICH YOU, SHRI PLAYED SUCH AN EMPORTANT PART.
DESPITE ITS SIZE AND THE ABSENCE OF NATURAL MATERIAL RESOURCES, HONG KONG MS NOW ONE OF THE MOST PROSPEROUS AND STABLE TERRITORIES IN THE WORLD. WE ACHIEVED A HIGH REAL GROWTH RATE OF 9 PERCENT UN GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT LAST YEAR AND EXPECT AN EQUALLY RESPECTABLE GROWTH OF 6 PERCENT IN 1987. PERSONAL INCOMES ARE CONTINUING TO RUISE IN REAL TERMS. THESE COUPLED WITH LOW RATES OF MINFLATION AND PRACTICALLY NO UNEMPLOYMENT HAVE ENABLED US TO ENJOY THE FRUITS OF OUR OWN LABOUR AND AN EVER IMPROVING STANDARD OF LIVING. WE ENJOY A HIGH DEGREE OF FREEDOM, A LOW CRIME RATE A PROUD RECORD OF PUBLIC HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCHIAL WELFARE. ALL THESE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE THE RESULT OF A HARD WORKING AND ENTERPRISING PEOPLE AND A NON-INTERFERMING GOVERNMENT. AND IT IS THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL THESE THAT IS THE OVERRIDING CONCERN OF OUR PEOPLE.
YOU, SHIRE WITH YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF HONG KONG, YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF CHINA AND HITS PEOPLE AND YOUR DEEP IMVOLVEMENT IN THE SHINO- BRINTHISH DIPLOMATHIC NEGOTIATION AND THE JOINT LANSON GROUP BRING
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