level
qualifications.
Our
60
strategy for fighting pollution
more
efficient
management,
and
Our
The
means that we will have significantly improved
environment, including the air that we breathe, and we will
have completely overhauled our sewerage system.
establishment of Our Hospital Authority will have led to
greatly reduced
overcrowding, in our public hospitals. There will be 20,000
places in old people's homes, and a further 6,000 places in
sheltered housing provided by the Housing Authority. 90% of all homes will have access to up to 20 television channels.
will be living in the New
463
of the
population
Territories. And so on.
(8)
CONCLUSION
104.
your Government's
commitment to
The plans that I have outlined today demonstrate
the future of Hong Kong.
They are a major investment for our future prosperity.
They will be very expensive. We can afford them. But only
if
we
other
are prepared to exercise prudence and restraint in
areas of public expenditure. It will be more
ever to assess our priorities carefully. In
particular, we must keep a tight control on the growth of
the civil service.
necessary than
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