WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1982
OTHERS ALSO BENEFIT FROM HK BUSINESS SIR PHILIP
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THE MULTITUDE OF INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS GENERATED IN HONG KONG HAS ENABLED PEOPLE IN
NE IGHBOUR ING AND REMOTE PLACES TO LIVE BETTER AND MORE SATISFYING LIVES, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ADDRESSING THE FIRST GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE HANG SENG SCHOOL OF COMMERCE IN SHA TIN, SIR PHILIP STATED THAT GIVEN THE REALITY OF COMMERCE, PEOPLE IN HONG KONG SHOULD NOT BE +UNDULY CONCERNED+ WHEN ACCUSED OF BEING MATERIALISTIC.
HE ADDED, +WE ARE NOT, IN ANY CASE, LACKING IN CHARITY FOR WE CARE FOR THE DISADVANTAGED.
+OF COURSE, WE SHOULD LISTEN TO CRITICISM, BUT WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO BECOME WHAT WE ARE WHICH IS MORE THAN CAN BE SAID, PERHAPS, OF SOME COMMENTATORS ON OUR AFFAIRS.+
SIR PHILIP LISTED INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL, MORAL AND SOCIAL QUALITIES AS BEING ESSENTIAL FOR BUSINESSMEN.
BRAINS ARE THE BUSINESSMEN'S PRIME RESOURCE, WITH CAREFUL THOUGHT BE ING THE CHIEF INGREDIENT NECESSARY FOR THE RESOLUTION OF COMMERCIAL ISSUES, HE SAID.
ON THE PHYSICAL QUALITY, SIR PHILIP SAID BUSINESSMEN MUST BE FIT TO GRAPPLE WITH THE ISSUES OF EACH DAY AND NIGHT AS MARKETS NEVER CLOSE, AND THEY CAN NOT AFFORD TO BE TIRED AND AILING.
MORALLY, THEY MUST BE +OF THAT STERN STUFF WHICH DOES NOT FLINCH AT EACH SETBACK.
THEY SHOULD AIM TO WORK WITHIN THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND WITHIN THE MORAL ORDER,+ SIR PHILIP SAID.
HE SAID IT WAS A VALID CLAIM THAT HONG KONG'S GREATEST ASSET IS ITS PEOPLE.
+THE SINGLE-MINDED DETERMINATION OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WHEREVER THEY HAVE COME FROM, AND WHENEVER, HAS MADE THIS CITY WHAT IT IS TODAY.
+THE IR DETERMINATION OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN EXEMPL IF IED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS: IN THE IR ASSIDUITY AND DEXTERITY, IN THE IR BELIEF IN THE CONCEPTS OF INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP AND OF REWARD FOR HUMAN EFFORT, IN RISK TAKING, AND IN THE IR CONVICTION THAT IN EDUCATION LIES THE KEY TO FULFILMENT, SIR PHILIP STATED.
HE ADDED THAT MATCHING THIS CONVICTION HAD BEEN THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS STEADILY TO EXPAND AVAILABLE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND TO ENCOURAGE THE PROVISION OF SIMILAR FACILITIES BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
HE RECALLED THAT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES WERE GREATLY EXPANDED IN THE 1970S.
/IN 1971