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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1984
IN CASE THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY AND THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, I BELIEVE MEASURES CAN BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THIS INDUSTRIAL ZONE BE A RESTRICTED AREA.
+THE FACTORIES CAN BE OPERATED AS BONDED FACTORIES, WHICH HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH IF THEY HAVE FACTORIES OUTSIDE OF HONG KONG.
+ONE THING IS CERTAIN, THERE COULD NEVER BE A SHORTAGE OF LABOUR IN A COUNTRY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE BILLION PEOPLE.+
MR LEE SAID HE WAS NOT FORGETTING THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AND THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, NOR THE IMPORTANCE OF OVERSEAS INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND THE GOVERNMENT'S INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
+BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED LABOUR AND WE NEED TO STAND TALL AND LET OUR COMPETITORS WORRY ABOUT HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.
COMMENTING ON KONG KONG'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA, MR LEE COMPARED IT TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A SUBSIDIARY AND THE HE ADQUARTERS OF A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY AND SAID WE MUST ESTABLISH MUTUAL TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING WITH CHINA.
+ IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT WE HAVE CONCERNS, BUT WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT CHINA HAS ACHIEVED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF CONTINUOUSLY DWELLING ON THE FIRST 30 YEARS OF THE HISTORY OF THE PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA,+ HE SAID.
REFERRING TO CHINA'S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT PLANS TO CARRY OUT REFORMS IN THE CITIES AND IN ITS MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, MR LEE SAID: IF ANYTHING, CHINA IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK OF MODERNISATION AND WE SHOULD BE GLAD TO SEE CHINA HEADING IN ITS CURRENT DIRECTION.+
+WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG TO CHINA, AND VICE VERSA. THEREFORE, WE MUST LOOK AHEAD AND WE MUST CONTRIBUTE OUR PART IN ENSURING AND MAINTAINING HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY, HE SAID.
+NOW IS THE TIME FOR EVERYONE IN HONG KONG TO THINK OF WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS THEY CAN MAKE AND HOW THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING HONG KONG'S FUTURE.
+WITH A COMMUNITY AND A GOVERNMENT DEDICATED TO THAT TASK, WE CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG WILL REMAIN THE VIBRANT, DYNAMIC AND PROGRESSIVE CITY OF WHICH ITS CITIZENS ARE SO JUSTLY PROUD.+
MR LEE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT TWO ASPECTS OF EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMPUTER EDUCATION.
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/ON HIGHER