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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987
POLITICAL DEBATE CRUCIAL
IN SHAPING FUTURE SYSTEM * * * * *
ONE OF THE MOST ABSORBING AND IMPORTANT MATTERS
PRESENT KONG AT
IS TO DECIDE ON THE STRUCTURE OF SPECIAL GOVERNMENT AND ITS ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY, THE THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (JULY 15).
FACING HONG
THE FUTURE
ADVISER TO
SPEAKING ON "HONG KONG: YEARS OF TRANSITION" AT A LUNCH AT THE
SAID THAT THERE WAS ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE IN LONDON, SIR DAVID
A VIGOROUS DEBATE GOING ON IN HONG KONG AT THE PRESENT PUBLICATION OF THE GREEN PAPER: THE 1987 REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
TIME
REVIEW
OF
AFTER THE IN DEVELOPMENTS
"FROM THIS DEBATE, AND FROM THE DELIBERATIONS ON THE BASIC LAW THE PRINCIPLES WILL HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED ON THE PROCEDURES WHICH WILL ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION TO FORMED AND THE SHAPE IT WILL TAKE IT, HE SAID.
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BE
DUE TO THE SIR DAVID SAID THE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG WAS
FACT
VERSATILITY THAT THE INDUSTRY AND
OF ITS PEOPLE WERE GIVEN THE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO FLOURISH BY CONSISTENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES
AND THE ENVIRONMENT
THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ALLOW
THE PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE AND TO PROSPER.
"THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO BREATHE FREELY, ECONOMIC THE PROPER STRAINS ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, PEOPLE PAY
IS DESIGNED UNSUBSIDISED PRICE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES AND THE SYSTEM TO ALLOW PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND INITIATIVE TO FLOURISH, HE SAID.
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HE ADDED THAT THE LOW TAXATION ATTRACTED INVESTMENT AND BACK ENCOURAGED ENTERPRISE. PROFITS WERE MADE BUT WERE AGAIN PLOUGHED INTO FUTURE GROWTH.
SIR DAVID SAID RECENT EMIGRATION AND TALK OF EMIGRATION IN HONG KONG HAD TO BE SEEN IN PERSPECTIVE.
"BOTH CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE THIS YEAR INCREASED THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL THEIR QUOTAS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM HONG KONG AND CHINESE COMMUNITIES IN MANY
THE CITIES OF NORTH EXAMPLE, 250,000 IN TORONTO ALONE."
OF
AMERICA,
FOR
HE ADMITTED THERE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY A VERY STRONG "PULL-FACTOR" AND MANY PEOPLE WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE HIGHER IMMIGRANT ΤΟ 50,000 HONG QUOTAS. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WERE BETWEEN 40,000
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM KONG STUDENTS STUDYING OVERSEAS, RETURN.
WOULD
BUT "THERE IS NOT, THEN, SO MUCH AS A BRAIN DRAIN, BOTH DIRECTIONS.
A FLOW
IN
/"ULTIMATELY THE
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