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THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1987
+WE MUST CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT AND INITIATIVE. WE MUST MAINTAIN A FRAMEWORK OF SOUND ADMINISTRATION BACKED BY CLEAR AND ENFORCEABLE LEGISLATION, HE
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+AT THE SAME TIME WE MUST ALSO MEET THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ON THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT AND THE ORGANISATION OF ADMINISTRATION, SIR DAVID SAID IT MUST REMAIN RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF SOCIETY.
+ IT IS IN RESPONSE TO THESE NEEDS THAT HONG KONG'S UNIQUE SYSTEM HAS BEEN MOULDED AND DEVELOPED,+ HE SAID.
NOTING THE IMPORTANT ROLES PLAYED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, SIR DAVID SAID THE REVIEW ON THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THESE ORGANS OF GOVERNMENT AND THEIR VARIOUS COMPONENTS INVOLVED SERIOUS ISSUES WITH FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES.
+WE MUST APPROACH THEM CALMLY AND WITH COMMON SENSE, + HE SAID.
*IF THERE IS TO BE ANY CHANGE IT SHOULD BE PRUDENT AND GRADUAL. IT MUST NOT DISRUPT THE STEADY PROGRESS WE HAVE BEEN MAKING, NOR THE STABILITY WHICH WE PRIZE.+
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT SIR EDWARD YOU DE, ON HIS ARRIVAL FIVE YEARS AGO, SPOKE WITH CONFIDENCE OF FINDING A SOLUTION TO THE VITAL QUESTION OF THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
NOW THAT THE FUTURE WAS CLEAR, HE SAID, AND HE HAD NO DOUBT GIVEN THE MANIFEST GOODWILL AND COMMITMENT OF BOTH THE CHINESE AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENTS, THE VITAL PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE STEADY PROGRESS.
SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD STRIVE TO BUILD ON THE FOUNDATIONS SIR EDWARD HAD LAID.
+CHALLENGING TIMES LIE AHEAD OF US, BUT HONG KONG HAS SHOWN TIME AND AGAIN THAT IT HAS THE WILL AND DETERMINATION TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES AND TO RESPOND TO CHALLENGE AND TO CHANGE.+
SIR DAVID SAID LADY WILSON AND HIMSELF WERE PROUD TO RETURN TO HONG KONG.
+WE DEDICATE OURSELVES TO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU FOR THE WELL-BEING AND FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND ITS PEOPLE,+ HE CONCLUDED.
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