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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988
'EYE-OPENER IN MANAGING PUBLIC AFFAIRS
ART AND ANDREW WONG
THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY SPEECH WAS AN EYE-OPENER IN THE SCIENCE OF MANAGING PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN HONG KONG, THE HON SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR WONG NOTED
THAT
FOR THE
SPEAKING IN THE POLICY DEBATE, FIRST TIME THE MOTION OF THANKS WAS MOVED BY A NON-GOVERNMENT MEMBER.
то THINK
WAS HE SAID THAT WHAT WAS SO STRIKING ABOUT THE POLICY ADDRESS
AN LONG TERM AND GIVE NOT THE GOVERNOR'S DETERMINATION
IMPROVE THE LIFE OF ENERGETIC LEAD TO THE EFFORTS OF THE PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE
KONG DO HAVE THE BE THAT WOULD
US".
NOR WAS IT THE ASSESSMENT THAT "WE IN HONG
FACE PROBLEMS WHICH ABILITY TO CONFRONT PAINTING A VERY ROSY PICTURE INDEED, MR WONG SAID.
INSTEAD, WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAD DONE IN HIS то PAINT THE PICTURE AS IT WAS, WARTS AND ALL, PEOPLE THAT NO SOCIETY WAS WITHOUT PROBLEMS.
POLICY SPEECH WAS AND REMINDING THE
HE SAID.
"WHAT A REFRESHING APPROACH TO A GUBERNATORIAL POLICY ADDRESS,"
MR WONG SAID HE WAS PARTICULARLY HEARTENED BY THE INCLUSION
ELDERLY, THE POLICY SPEECH OF SUCH PROBLEMS AS THE PLIGHT OF THE DISABLED AND THE VULNERABLE, THE PROBLEM OF URBAN SLUMS, AND THE OF BASIC AMENITIES AND THE INACCESSIBILITY OF RURAL VILLAGES.
IN
THE
LACK
THE
A SIMPLE RULE SHOULD BE THAT "IN DETERMINING POLICY PRIORITIES
ΤΟ OUGHT
TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE MINIMISATION OF
HE SUGGESTED.
SUFFERING
MAXIMISATION OF HAPPINESS,
DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES.
MR WONG SAID HE WHAT HE PHILOSOPHY",
A NOT WAS WAS AGAINST
TO SUBSCRIBER
THE UNFAIR, WAS
THE "FREE LUNCH UNEQUAL, NOT
[S
A RULE
WHO
WHICH
BELIEVE THAT
MAKES GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT
MORALLY IS A
"WHAT I ADVOCATE DEFENSIBLE IN THE EYES OF THOSE NECESSARY EVIL, HE SAID.
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OF THE MR WONG ALSO OBSERVED THAT WHEN DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM
A THREE-STEP IN A
HINTED AT SENSE, BRAIN DRAIN, THE GOVERNOR HAD,
OF THE TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA PROCESS IN PUBLIC POLICY MAKING: FIRST, PROBLEM; SECOND, TO ANALYSE THE PROBLEM CAREFULLY AND ACCURATELY; THIRD, TO DECIDE WHAT WE CAN AND SHOULD DO ABOUT IT.
1
AND
/HE SAID