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of leaving? What good will it do for the rising generation to foster despair and despondency when what young people everywhere need
need is
is hope and inspiration? If we do not
pull ourselves together, if we continue to argue and bicker among ourselves, if we try to divide this community into the haves and have-nots, rich and poor, Chinese and non-Chinese, elected and non-elected, we risk becoming a fragmented community paralysed by confusion, self-doubt, and suspicion. If we cannot reconcile our differences, what chance have we of building a future together?
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All of us in this Council and everyone involved.
in public affairs in Hong Kong carry a heavy responsibility for its people. We Owe it to them to work together for the future well-being of us all. Of
we have and shall continue to have our
but we must not dissipate Our energies by pursuing them to the last syllable. Constructive
course
disagreements
criticism is fine
fine but carping criticism that will never let go is demoralising and distracts us all from the
more important issues that, face the community as a whole.
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Until recently this has - not been a feature
of Hong Kong. Perhaps it owes something to a reluctance
to face the future. But who can doubt that the future will not be ours unless we face that future positively and confidently, and show our determination to work together in implementing the Join Declaration? The White
Paper brings us one step nearer to that goal. Let us take that step together.
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