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CONTAINER FACILITIES IN HONG KONG, AN INFRASTRUCTURE
ENHANCEMENT PLAN WHICH PROMISES TO BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR
SOME TIME TO COME.
HONG KONG HAS TAKEN STEPS TO FORMALIZE ITS COMMITMENT TO
RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF ITS RESIDENTS. LAST YEAR, HONG KONG
PASSED A BILL OF RIGHTS AND IS REVIEWING AND REVISING ITS LAWS
TO ENSURE THAT THEY FULLY CONFORM TO INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
STANDARDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, HONG KONG VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS LAST SEPTEMBER TO ELECT 18 OF THE TERRITORY'S SIXTY LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL MEMBERS. THESE ELECTIONS WERE AN IMPORTANT STEP IN
ADVANCING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. AS A RESULT, THE UNITED
DEMOCRATS (UDHK), LED BY MR. MARTIN LEE, AND PARTIES ALLIED
WITH IT ALL OF WHOM ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING RIGOROUS
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ADHERENCE TO THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT OF THE 1984 SINO-BRITISH
NOW HOLD 17 OF THE 18 DIRECTLY ELECTED
JOINT DECLARATION
SEATS.
WE CONGRATULATE LORD DAVID WILSON, WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH TO
LORD WILSON ENSURE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY IN HONG KONG.
PLAYED A LEADING ROLE IN CRAFTING THE JOINT DECLARATION AND IN
HIS GUIDING THE TERRITORY THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF TRANSITION.
LEADERSHIP HAS SERVED HONG KONG WELL. HE WILL SOON TURN OVER
THE GOVERNORSHIP TO THE CAPABLE HANDS OF CHRIS PATTEN, WHOSE
EXCELLENT CREDENTIALS WILL HELP HIM MEET THE CHALLENGES THAT
LIE AHEAD.