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ON
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987
WE HAVE
"I HOPE THAT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT PRACTICAL AND FORWARD LOOKING PLANS AND THAT, WITH YOUR HELP, THEY ARE WITHIN OUR POWERS TO ACCOMPLISH,
H
HE NOTED.
MORE THAN 25 SIR DAVID SAID SINCE HE FIRST CAME TO HONG KONG
DEVELOPED ENORMOUSLY, BOTH MATERIALLY YEARS AGO, THE TERRITORY HAD AND IN THE COHESIVENESS AND STABILITY OF ITS SOCIETY.
KONG IS MUCH STRONGER THAN "THE SENSE OF BELONGING TO HONG WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE. THERE ARE FEW OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD HAVE MADE SUCH RAPID AND COMPREHENSIVE PROGRESS IN SUCH A SHORT
WHICH TIME.
OF
то THE FLEXIBILITY AND "THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED IS A TRIBUTE ADAPTABILITY OF OUR ECONOMY AND TO THE ENERGY AND RESOURCEFULNESS OUR PEOPLE."
ΤΟ BE DONE. "WE BUILD ON THEM то ALL LIKE TO
HOWEVER, SIR DAVID NOTED THAT MUCH REMAINED NEED TO CONSOLIDATE THE GAINS OF THE PAST AND TO ACHIEVE THE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD SEE.
"THE BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL IS CONSTANTLY TO LOOK AHEAD, CHALLENGES OF THE AND FACE UP TO, THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL NEEDS AND FUTURE AND TO MAKE SENSIBLE PLANS TO DEAL WITH THEM. THIS WE INTEND TO DO."
YOUDE,
SIR DAVID PAID TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD
AN ANXIOUS PERIOD "TO HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN GUIDING HONG KONG THROUGH IN ITS HISTORY".
IS
"THE BEST TRIBUTE AND WHAT HE HIMSELF WOULD HAVE WISHED
MAKING HONG KONG A BETTER AND MORE TO PRESS ON WITH THE TASK OF PROSPEROUS HOME FOR ALL OUR PEOPLE.
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TURNING TO THE COUNCIL'S BUSINESS, YEAR WAS THE BUSIEST SESSION EVER.
ADDED.
SIR DAVID SAID THE PAST
"THE COMING YEAR PROMISES, IF ANYTHING,
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TO BE EVEN BUSIER, HE
ABOUT
MOST IMPRESSIVE THINGS SIR DAVID SAID THAT ONE OF THE
THAT PEOPLE, IN THE LEGISLATIVE HONG KONG WAS THE TIME AND ENERGY COUNCIL AND ELSEWHERE, DEVOTED TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
WILL BE
EXAMINED
CONFIDENT THAT ALL. THE CAREFULLY,
"SO, DESPITE A HEAVY WORK LOAD, I AM
BEFORE THE COUNCIL
MEASURES BROUGHT CRITICALLY AND FAIRLY.
"NO DOUBT WE WILL HAVE VIGOROUS DEBATES ON MANY ISSUES; THIS IS AS IT SHOULD BE IF WE ARE TO GET THINGS RIGHT,
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HE SAID.
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