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to make my
Governorship as open and accessible as possible.
Secondly, it goes without saying that our personal and
collective ambitions and prospects are intimately linked to
the prospects of the economy in which we work. Hong Kong
knows better than most cities that it cannot rest on laurels
this in previous years, last year, even today☺ won We have to strive relentlessly to maintain and improve
for the world of tomorrow certain only of one
That means that we have to take the thing
level of inflation very seriously. When the public express compet.
anxiety about the rate of inflation, they are right to do so.
Inflation is a cunning enemy, and one we ignore at our peril.
our competitiveness
Thirdly, it is essential that we remain a low tax
economy in which public spending is kept under prudent
control; it is right that we should be free to use some of
the wealth we generate to alleviate the problems of those stranded /society's wayside☺ whom society leaves byZthe wayside
I know how much the
community cares about the education of our children, about
the environment in which we live, about the care of the
elderly, about housing. My Government will continue to
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subjects themes, in my speech to the Legislative Council in October.
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Fourth, I know how much concern has been expressed in
the community about law and order. Hong Kong, it is true,
is a safer city than most.
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