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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1985
SINCE THE GOVERNMENT HAD FOUR OVERSEAS OFFICES, WITH A FIFTH ONE TO BE ESTABLISHED SHORTLY, MR LEE ASKED IF THE GOVERNMENT COULD UTILISE, FOR INSTANCE, THE SERVICES OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WHICH HAD A MUCH WIDER COVERAGE AROUND THE WORLD. THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, COULD THEN +PLAY THE ROLE OF A CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING FUNCTION IN ENHANCING FOREIGN INVESTMENT. +
+1 AM IN NO WAY SAYING THAT CIVIL SERVANTS ARE INCAPABLE,
HOW CAN WE ATTRACT
I AM MERELY ASKING IF WE CAN DO BETTER. MORE FOREIGN INVESTMENT INTO HONG KONG?+ HE SAID.
ON THE CONCEPT OF ESTABLISHING A BORDER INDUSTRIAL ZONE, MR LEE URGED GOVERNMENT +NOT TO CLOSE THE DOOR IN A NEGATIVE FASHION.+
+THERE ARE PROS AND CONS OF A BORDER INDUSTRIAL ZONE, PERHAPS A STUDY TEAM COULD BE SET UP TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPLICATIONS, HE SAID.
MR LEE SAID HE CARED ABOUT EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMES, TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AS WELL, BUT FELT ALSO THAT PRIORITIES HAD TO BE SET CORRECTLY.
+THE PRIORITY MUST BE WITHIN THE SPHERE OF FURTHER STRENGTHENING OUR COMPETITIVENESS IN THE EXPORT OF GOODS SO THAT OUR PEOPLE MAY CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING THAT THEY DESERVE.
+THEREFORE, WE MUST STRIVE VIGOROUSLY TOWARDS OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM WHICH HAS CARRIED US THIS FAR, FOR A BRIGHTER AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE, HE SAID.
+DON'T NEGLECT NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICES,
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ALEX WU
THE LEVELS OF PROVISION MADE AVAILABLE IN 1985/86 FOR THE NON- ESSENTIAL SERVICES SHOULD NOT IMPLY CONTINUED UNDERFUNDING IN THE FUTURE, THE HON ALEX WU SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN THE LEGCO BUDGET DEBATE, MR WU SAID HE CONSIDERED THAT IT WAS NO MEAN FEAT FOR THE BUDGET TO SUCCEED LARGELY IN MAINTAINING THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN THE ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE PEOPLE ON THE ONE HAND AND THE STARK REALITIES OF THE FISCAL POSITION ON THE OTHER.
HOWEVER HE FELT THAT CERTAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN RATHER HARSHLY TREATED.
/WELLE CONCEDING