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SECONDLY,
THEY HAVE ALWAYS RELIED ON THEIR OWN
EFFORTS TO GET ON IN LIFE.
THIRDLY,
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANY REAL SHORTAGE
OF LABOUR OR MANPOWER IN HONG KONG BECAUSE OF CHINA'S
TEEMING MILLIONS, MANY OF WHOM LIVE WITHIN A SEMICIRCLE
RADIUS OF
THREE HUNDRED KILOMETERS OFF HONG KONG AND WHO
SPEAK THE SAME DIALECT, CANTONESE, AND HAVE RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS IN HONG KONG, ANY SHORTAGE WHICH OCCURS WILL BE
OF A TEMPORARY NATURE.
ADVANCED
FOURTHLY, HONG KONG'S LOCATION, AS WELL AS ITS
STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT COULD PROMPT ME TO DESCRIBE
HER AS THE MOUTH OF CHINA. YOU DON'T SEAL UP YOUR OWN
MOUTH.
FIFTHLY, FOR CHINA, HONG KONG IS LIKE A LARGE
TREASURES, AND THEREFORE CHINA WOULD WISH
CHEST FULL OF
ΤΟ PROTECT IT,
PERHAPS EVEN ADD TO IT, BUT CERTAINLY NOT
TO DESTROY IT OR THROW IT AWAY.
IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE PLAIN SAILING THOUGH, AND
LIKE ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE WORLD, HONG KONG WILL OVER
THE NEXT DECADES HAVE HER SHARE OF HICCUPS, STOMACH-ACHES
AND HEADACHES.