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105.
The
amount of money we are proposing to spend on
building for Hong Kong's future may seem daunting.
But it
represents a necessary investment in human resources and in
our physical infrastructure. By pressing ahead with such
ambitious programmes despite the special pressures which
our community has SO recently faced, the Government is
demonstrating its commitment to Hong
carry out these programmes,
Kong's future. То
we will need all our
enterprise, resourcefulness and efficiency.
achieve
And we will
our
goals only by
have to accept that we can
continuing
to give priority to the overall growth of our
economy.
106.
It
has been a difficult year for Hong Kong. But we
have had difficult years before. We have survived them. We
have emerged frum Liem stronger and more confident in our
own ability. We must have confidence in ourselves. Without
this, we cannot expect other people to have confidence in
us. Your
challenges
Government will continue to face resolutely the
that lie ahead. To do so, we need the support of
Members of this Council and of the whole community. We need
that. We need leadership from within the
community. In 1997, Hong Kong will be run by Hong Kong
people. They must have confidence in themselves, and in the
more
than
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