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progress possible-the element of confidence. It is confidence born of earlier successes won when the solution to one problem seemed only to open the door to a host of others. People who have experi- enced such times know, without being told, that nothing can stop them. In Hong Kong this self-confidence is reflected everywhere; in shop windows displaying consumer goods of every kind, in the dress of the people themselves, in the number of private cars on the roads. It enables Hong Kong to overcome with seeming ease problems that would have a far more profound effect on much larger territories.
At the same time there is no complacency. Plenty still remains to be done and the people of Hong Kong at all levels are the first to admit it. Having made this admission, they go about doing it, con- fident that their unique blend of hard work, compromise and alert open-mindedness is the best combination in this place at this time.
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