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IF ONE IS
ALLOWED TO WAX LYRICAL, THEN I WOULD
SAY THAT WHEN CHINA DEVELOPS, HONG KONG PROSPERS AND IN
FACT THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS ALREADY PREVAILS. THE SYNERGY
OF THE PEARL RIVER DELTA BETWEEN CANTON AND HONG KONG IN
AREAS OF HIGH-TECH PRODUCTION IS FAST ATTAINING MAJOR
PROPORTIONS.
THE RENOWNED
WORLD STATESWOMAN, MARGARET
THATCHER, RECENTLY VISITED TOKYO AND SAID IN HER SPEECH
THAT CHINA WILL FAIRLY SOON BECOME AN ECONOMIC POWER THAT
WILL ASTONISH THE WORLD.
I WROTE THIS CHAPTER IN HONG KONG, A CITY FOR
WHICH I HAVE A GOOD FEEL.
BEFORE I END MY TALK, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
REFERENCE ΤΟ THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE OVERSEAS CHINESE.
THIS TERM IS
A LOOSE ONE AND IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
ΤΟ IMPLY THAT IF A CHINESE MALAYSIAN IS IN A CERTAIN
CONTEXT REFERRED ΤΟ AS AN OVERSEAS CHINESE, THAT HE HAS
BECOME LESS LOYAL OR LESS
MALAYSIA.
PATRIOTIC ΤΟ HIS COUNTRY,
THERE ARE ABOUT FIFTY MILLION OF THEM IN EAST
ASIA, THAT IS IF WE FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES CONSIDER THE
PEOPLE OF TAIWAN AND
HONG KONG AS OVERSEAS CHINESE.