TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1988
GOVERNOR GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE
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FOLLOWING IS A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (TUESDAY):
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SINCE I'VE
H.E.: GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE THIRD OCCASION BEEN IN HONG KONG FOR JUST OVER A YEAR WHEN I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET PUBLICLY WITH YOU ALL. I'VE MET MANY OF YOU IN BETWEEN TIMES EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY. A GOOD DEAL HAS BEEN HAPPENING AND I WELCOME THE SINCE WE LAST HAD A PUBLIC SESSION OF THIS SORT
YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU ALL AGAIN AND I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS BEST I CAN.
BLYTH, SALLY
FROM RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG: THE FIRST HOW MUCH DO QUESTION I THINK I WILL MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE GENERAL.
YEAR YOU THINK YOU HAVE ACHIEVED DURING YOUR FIRST
AS GOVERNOR AND
YOU SET HAVE YOU MET THE OBJECTIVES WHICH
YOURSELF?
IN AND,
YOUR VIEW, HAVE YOU SUCCEEDED IN PROJECTING A POSITIVE IMAGE OF YOURSELF THE PUBLIC?
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THAT
THAT
MUCH
THAT
YEAR
H.E.: IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THOSE SELF-ASSESSMENT FORMS PEOPLE MAKE YOU FILL IN! THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THE YEAR SEEMS TO HAVE GONE VERY QUICKLY INDEED. THERE IS SO GOING ON IN HONG KONG THE WHOLE TIME AND THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO
BEEN TIME PASSES VERY RAPIDLY BUT FOR ME IT HAS
A FASCINATING DOING A JOB WHICH IS FOR ME THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THE SIGNIFICANT I COULD POSSIBLY, BE DOING. I DON'T DO A SELF-ASSESSMENT FORM.
IS 1 SEE THINGS MUCH MORE IN TERMS OF WHAT
HAPPENING COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG, SO LET ME TRY TO ANSWER YOUR LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN HONG KONG.
MOST
TO QUESTION
THE
BY
BASIS
OF
DO.
TAKE POR EXAMPLE THE ECONOMY WHICH IS THE
13 THE LAST YEAR HAS SEEN REAL GROWTH OF OVER
PER EVERYTHING WE DO.
DIGIT CENT, AFTER A PREVIOUS YEAR OF DOUBLE
GROWTH. IT'S SEEN OUR EXPORTS WENT EXPORTS GOING UP; THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THIS YEAR OUR UP BY 25 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS, RE-EXPORTS BY MORE THAN 50 PER CENT. THAT THEN GIVES US A BASE FOR DOING ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO
NEXT THING SO TAKE THE
WHICH
WE'VE IS INFRASTRUCTURE.
SEEN CONTINUATION OF THE SECOND HARBOUR CROSSING. WE'VE SEEN THE START WORK ON TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL, A MASSIVE PROJECT. WE'VE SEEN THE DECISIONS TAKEN ON THE CONTAINER TERMINAL, ANOTHER ENORMOUS PROJECT'. SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GOING ON WELL.
THE
OF
THEN TAKE SOCIAL WELFARE, THINGS THAT MATTER TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
ALLOWANCE INCREASED FROM THE WE'VE SEEN THE OLD AGE
BEGINNING OF FROM THE BEGINNING APRIL THIS YEAR, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE INCREASED
OF
CARE WE HAVE THE THIS YEAR. IN HOSPITALS AND HEALTH
NEW HOSPITAL BEING AUTHORITY, THE PROVISIONAL HOSPITALS AUTHORITY,
SET UP LATER THIS YEAR. WE HAVE A VERY LARGE BUILDING PROGRAMME FOR HOSPITALS, THAT INCLUDES ONE AT TUEN MUN FOR INSTANCE WHICH HAS GOT SO THAT IS GOING ALONG WELL.
1,600
BEDS.
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