WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987
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OBJECTIVE IS 'QUALITY OF LIFE' FOR ALL
HONG
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF KONG AS A SOCIETY WHICH COMBINES A STRONG, EXPANDING AND COMPETITIVE ECONOMY WITH CONCERN FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL ITS INHABITANTS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN HE SUMMED UP HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MYSELF AND THE
"THIS IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WHICH I COMMIT GOVERNMENT. WITH YOUR HELP I AM SURE THAT WE CAN, AND WILL, MAKE STEADY PROGRESS TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS GOAL," HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED HIS ADDRESS COUNCILLORS AS A PROGRAMME WHICH WAS BOTH ACHIEVEMENT.
WOULD COMMEND ITSELF TO AMBITIOUS AND CAPABLE OF
"THE AIM IS TO BE FORWARD LOOKING: SUBSTANTIAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST AND TO NEEDS AND DEMANDS OF THE FUTURE, HE NOTED.
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TO BUILD ON THE VERY BE RESPONSIVE ΤΟ THE
SIR DAVID SAID HE ANTICIPATED LIVELY DEBATE ON MANY TOPICS DURING THE COMING SESSION AND WAS CONFIDENT THAT WHERE THERE WERK DIFFERENCES OF VIEW, THEY WOULD BE ARGUED WITH CARE AND IN THE REALISATION THAT WE ALL HAD A COMMON OBJECTIVE: TO FURTHER THE
BEING OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG.
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HO TAKES UP LEGCO SEAT
A NEW MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR EDWARD HO SING-TIN, TOOK THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OATH AT THE START OF THE 1987-88 SESSION THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
MR HO REPLACES MR 8. L. CHEN WHO RETIRED FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE LAST SESSION.