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香港政府
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN SUPPLEMENT
Wednesday, October 17, 1973
SPEECH! BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE
AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 17, 1973
Honourable Members,
Last year my address to some extent took the form of my first
impressions of Hong Kong in the unfamiliar role of Governor.
The year that followed has been one of intense activity, and shot
through with important and sometimes dramatic events. The rise and fall
of the stock market; the sterling float and the effect on the value of
our reserves; the cleaning of Hong Kong in a dramatic campaign; the reprieve,
on the advice of Her Majesty's Government of a convicted murderer against
the express advice of the Governor-in-Council and the wishes of the over-
whelming majority of the population; the mounting of an intense effort
to come to grips with the problem of rising crime; the move to prosecute
Godber, and his escape and harsh light then thrown on the problem of corruption
in Hong Kong; discrimination and the threat of discrimination against Hong
Kong in generalised preference schemes; shortage of raw materials; disruptive
changes in the parities of our major trading partners; sharp rises in prices
of imported goods. I mention these as some, and only some, of the events
that have pre-occupied us in an eventful year.
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