THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1984
HK CAN MOVE AHEAD AGAIN *****
SIR EDWARD
WITH MUCH OF THE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE FUTURE ALREADY REMOVED, HONG KONG COULD NOW MOVE AHEAD AGAIN, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
+HONOURABLE MEMBERS, WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU LAST YEAR THE OUTLOOK WAS AN UNCERTAIN ONE. THAT PICTURE HAS NOW CHANGED, SIR EDWARD SAID.
+THE DRIVE, VITALITY AND ENTERPRISE OF THIS COMMUNITY HAD NOW WE CAN MOVE AHEAD BEEN HELD IN CHECK BY THAT UNCERTAINTY. AGAIN, HE STATED.
SPEAKING IN THE CONCLUSION TO HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL, HE SAID HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT IN THE YEAR AHEAD, HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO SHOW THE SAME QUALITIES OF RESOLUTION AND GOOD SENSE WHICH HAD +CARRIED IT THROUGH THE PAST TWO MOMENTOUS YEARS.+
+BUT WE SHALL NEED MORE THAN THAT, WE SHALL NEED THOSE OTHER TRADITIONAL HONG KONG ATTRIBUTES. A DETERMINATION TO RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGES WITH WHICH WE ARE FACED AND THE COURAGE TO MAKE AND SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES, HE SAID.
HONG KONG, HE SAID, COULD NOT EXPECT TO BE IMMUNE FROM THE PROBLEMS WHICH MUST FACE ANY ECONOMY EQUALLY EXPOSED TO THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CLIMATE.
BUT HE ADDED THAT HONG KONG'S ECONOMY WAS STRONG AND ITS EXCHANGE RATE STABLE.
SIR EDWARD SAID THAT HIS REVIEW WOULD ILLUSTRATE THE GOVERNMENT'S RESOLVE TO CARRY FORWARD ITS PROGRAMMES WITH →VIGOUR AND CONTINUITY OF PURPOSE+ IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE TERRITORY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE, STIMULATE ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND GENERALLY MAKE HONG KONG A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.
+BUT BUILDING A FUTURE IS NOT A TASK FOR THE GOVERNMENT ALONE. THE WHOLE COMMUNITY MUST BECOME INVOLVED.
+ IT IS NOW FOR EVERYONE IN HONG KONG TO THINK WHAT CONTRIBUTION HE, OR SHE, CAN MAKE, AND HOW HE OR SHE CAN PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING THAT FUTURE.
+WITH A COMMUNITY AND A GOVERNMENT DEDICATED TO THAT TASK THEN WE CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG WILL REMAIN THE VIBRANT DYNAMIC AND PROGRESSIVE CITY OF WHICH ITS CITIZENS ARE SO JUSTLY PROUD, SIR EDWARD SAID.
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