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here in Hong kong
century perhaps the finest example in the post-war world of
the open market economy; open in two senses:
open to all
the many talents of those who work in it, and open to the world with which it trades with such magnificent & spectacular success
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luxury of sterile debate about abstractions or perpetual
partisan knockabout.] We have serious work to do. So I look forward to getting down
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to work with all men and women of goodwill within the
Community who share my aim to do all we can to improve the
the Government of Hong Kong in very special circumstances that pertain
To govern is to choose, and choice can often invite hard
and difficult choices. I will not shirk those choices.
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the decisions should be when all the talking is done; of
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winning consent for them; and mobilising support through
thorough and open public debate,
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