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I
FONDLY RECALL THE ROLES
PLAYED BY THE LATE
DATO' DR.
1930S IN
THE CAUSE
THE MOST
MOOTATAMBY, WHOSE VOICE WAS OFTEN HEARD IN THE
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF JOHOR, CHAMPIONING
OF THE UNDERDOG AND WHO, AT THE SAME TIME, WAS
SOUGHT AFTER GENERAL
POPULAR AND MOST
PRACTITIONER IN TOWN, AND THAT
ISMAIL, ABOUT TWO DECADES
ALREADY PAID TRIBUTE.
OF THE LATE TUN DR.
LATER, AND ΤΟ WHOM I HAVE
(That's enough Malaysian doctavia Ed.)
FOR A CHAPTER ON HONG KONG, ASIA'S MOST
DRAMATICALLY
EXCITING CITY,
I WOULD IMMEDIATELY ZOOM IN
ΤΟ TRY AND PREDICT THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG IN THE YEAR
1997 AND THE ENSUING YEARS.
HONG KONG ALWAYS APPEARS TO ME TO BE LIKE A HUGE
ORIENTAL MARKET PLACE WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE ANYTHING AND
WHERE ALMOST EVERYBODY IS CLAMOURING TO BE HEARD, OFTEN
AT THE SAME TIME. FROM MY EARLIER POSITIVE REMARKS ABOUT
CHINA YOU HAVE PROBABLY GUESSED THAT I SHALL BE SOUNDING
VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
LET ME SUMMARIZE MY REASONS FOR THIS OPTIMISM.
FIRSTLY,
THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG
ARE
HARDWORKING, RESILIENT AND INNOVATIVE.