WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1986
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+IN THIS WAY, PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES CAN TRAVEL CONVENIENTLY AND THE WHOLE TRANSPORT NETWORK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE MORE COMPLETE WHEN IT LINKS UP EVERY PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WITH ALL OTHER AREAS,+ HE SAID.
ON NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT IN JUNK BAY AND THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AT TIN SHUI WAI, MR LAU URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SERVICES AND FACILITIES.
HE ALSO HOPED THE GOVERNMENT WOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN AREAS AND VILLAGES OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER OF THE NEW TOWNS.
TURNING TO POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT MR LAU SAID PEOPLE MUST SERIOUSLY CONSIDER WHETHER IT WAS NECESSARY TO INTRODUCE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE IF IT ALREADY FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND HAD PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
"WORK FOR THE COMMON GOOD' SAYS CHEONG
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THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG TODAY (WEDNESDAY) APPEALED TO ALL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONSCIENCE AND WORK FOR THE COMMON INTEREST OF HONG KONG.
+HONG KONG WILL NOT SURVIVE ECONOMICALLY IF MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL ONLY KNOW HOW TO PLAY TO THE GALLERY AND TO APPEASE THE ACTIVISTS AND IDEALISTS, HE SAID DURING THE DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG HAD COME A LONG WAY TO BECOME WHAT IT IS TODAY AND SAID +WE MUST NEVER ALLOW IDEALISM TO BLIND US INTO THREATENING THE VERY REASON FOR THE SURVIVAL OF HONG KONG.+
WHETHER APPOINTED OR ELECTED, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS MUST ALWAYS WORK FOR THE COMMON INTEREST OF HONG KONG AND NOT FOR THE NEXT TENURE OF OFFICE.
MR CHEONG SAID THE GOVERNOR HAD TRIED IN HIS ADDRESS TO STEER HONG KONG PEOPLE TO A SOUL-SEARCHING THOUGHT PROCESS ON THE REASONS WHY HONG KONG WAS SO SUCCESSFUL AND THE NEED TO DRAW LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE WHEN PONDERING THE FUTURE.
HE WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE SEEMED TO HAVE FALLEN GENERALLY ON DEAF EARS IN THE CURRENT CRAZE FOR POLITICAL REFORM AND SAID IT WAS INDEED SAD FOR HONG KONG THAT SOME COMMENTATORS SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN BLINDED BY IDEALS TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THEY CONTINUOUSLY FAILED TO COMPREHEND THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WERE ESSENTIAL TO FUTURE SURVIVAL.
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