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week fend.
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wanted to learn from Hong Kong, and what makes Hong Kong so successful? Sir, I listened to her with immense interest
she spoke on her desire to lead her country to be another miracle in Asia. When she was talking about Hong Kong and.
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its achievements, I could not stop myself from thinking about the ingredients of our past success. What are the areas
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which we must pay attention and invest in order to enhance our
success in the future? What is our future?
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11 [Today, Hong Kong ranks thirteenth in world trade. We are the in the export of garments, toys, watches and possess the largest container/port in terms of and were one of the major financial centres in This is why such a small place has such a big.
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clocks. We throughput
the world.
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influence. In my view, we should not and must not allow
ourselves to be
to be complacent. We should look forward to the
future. We should address ourselves on how to maintain and strengthen our competitiveness and to seek ways to correct
our weaknesses.
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Sir, I would like to speak on two topics this afternoon, as i believe they are directly related to our future and our future
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stating that, although I am not an expert in this field, but I ワ recognise the importance of education in our society.
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Not
only is education a social necessity, it is also an
investment.
An investment which cannot be measured in
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We speak often on prosperity and stability. I believe that in
providing a good education for our people, we are assuring 35 ourselves of our future prosperity and stability.
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