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Monday, February 25, 1974
HONG KONG CAN OVERCOME TODAY'S PROBLEMS
The District Commissioner, New Territories, Mr. David Akers-
Jones, told New Territories Rotarians this evening that Hong Kong, with
its practice at survival and enterprise, would overcome the problems
confronting us today.
Speaking at the New Territories Rotary Club's weekly gathering
at the Peninsula Hotel, the Commissioner said that Hong Kong, like the
rest of the world, was facing "enormous problems."
However, he added, Hong Kong was better off than others who had
had no real practice in adversity.
Turning to Government's future targets, such as housing for the
people of Hong Kong, development plans for the New Territories townships
and the need to examine more closely the problems of the rural area, Mr.
Akers-Jones said that: "All these plans are a great challenge to us, and
to meet it we will need to exert ourselves, perhaps more than over before."
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