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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1975
HE NOTED THAT THERE WAS STILL A LONG LIST OF HIGHLY DESIRABLE SERVICES AND PROJECTS THAT HAD TO BE POSTPONED OR REPHASED AND HE WAS MOST IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED WITH SECONDARY EDUCATION, RECREATION AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, SOME ASPECTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WHICH HAD BEEN AFFECTED BY LACK OF RESOURCES.
SIR MURRAY SAID HE ALSO ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE. CONTINUING REORGANISATION AND BUILD-UP OF THE POLICE. THE EXPANSION OF THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, AND THE EXPANSION OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION TO FULL STRENGTH. *WE ALSO HAVE TO FACE CONSIDERABLY INCREASED EXPENDITURE ON DEFENCE,+ HE ADDED, INVITING COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PONDER ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE FACTORS.
IN THE DIFFICULT YEAR THAT PASSED, HE SAID, HONG KONG HAD SHOWN ITS METTLE AND EARNED WIDESPREAD ADMIRATION FOR THE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT HAD FACED THE PROBLEMS THAT BESET IT. THE EXCELLENT STATE OF ANGLO/CHINESE RELATIONS AND THE FRIENDLY AND PRACTICAL WAY IN WHICH IT HAD BEEN POSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH ANY MATTERS AFFECTING HONG KONG HAD CONTRIBUTED TO STABILITY AND CONFIDENCE.
THE YEAR WAS MADE MEMORABLE, SIR MURRAY SAID, BY THE VISIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. HONG KONG WAS GREATLY ENCOURAGED BY THIS MARK OF CONFIDENCE AND INTEREST, HE SAID,
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