services will be

choice.

standard

upgraded.

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There will be a much wider

No-one will be deprived of our higher level of

services through lack of means.

But those who can

afford to will be asked to pay more

for the standard

services they receive, and they will have the chance to

choose, and pay for, additional services beyond the basic

level.

109.

The essence of the Hong Kong way of life is the

individual's ability

take decisions and to take

to

responsibility for himself and his family. This will be the

decade of greater freedom of choice. Politically, we have

reached the point where the people of Hong Kong must assume

greater responsibility. The three sets of elections in 1991

are the next stage in the evolution of our political

Now is the time for Hong Kong to develop its own

leaders: to find Hong Kong solutions to Hong Kong problems.

system.

110.

political

We are now developing the physical, social and

infrastructure

quality of life

upon which our

prosperity and

will depend in the year 2000. We will not

be knocked off course by short-term difficulties.

we

Nor must

be paralysed by self-doubt. We are determined to reach

our goals, because we are convinced that they are necessary

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