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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16,
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE DIRECTION, LEADERSHIP
1988
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAVE THE
COMMUNITY WITH DIRECTION
AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO LEADERSHIP
IN
PROVIDE THE HONG KONG PREPARATION FOR 1997.
COUNCIL MOTION THAT THE
THE SENIOR MEMBER, THE HON ALLEN LEE, SAID THIS IN THE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN WINDING UP THE DEBATE ON HIS GOVERNOR BE THANKED FOR HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS.
OF HONG THAT THERE WAS A THIS REALITY AND ALL
WHILE RECOGNISING 1997 AS A "REALITY" THAT THE PEOPLE KONG HAD TO LIVE WITH AND ACCEPT, MR LEE STRESSED POSITIVE AND A NEGATIVE APPROACH IN ACCEPTING ITS RAMIFICATIONS.
OR WE CAN "WE CAN EITHER RESIGN OURSELVES TO GLOOM AND DOOM,
AND
WHICH ADAPTABILITY FOR TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE WITH THE VITALITY
OUR ECONOMIC HONG KONG IS INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN, AND TO WHICH WE OWE SUCCESS," HE SAID.
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'THE CHOICE IS OURS, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE IN THIS COUNCIL IT TO THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE, JOINTLY MAP OUT A DIRECTION, AND LEAD THE COMMUNITY IN FORGING AHEAD.
MR LEE ADMITTED THAT THIS WAS NO EASY JOB.
CROSSROADS "WE ARE AT
WHERE IMPORTANT
LONG-TERM FUTURE MUST BE MADE. ACTIONS TO CARRY TAKEN, HE SAID.
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平平
OWE CLEAR
ABOUT OUR
DECISIONS
US FORWARD MUST BE
MR LEE CAUTIONED MEMBERS AGAINST
PITFALLS CERTAIN
ALONG THE
WAY.
OPINION
IS
IRRESPONSIBLE
BUT HEALTHY, OF "DIVERSITY
ARE INEVITABLE, BUT ACCUSATIONS ARE DESTRUCTIVE. SECTORAL INTERESTS
NOT MAKE GOOD
HE LEADERS, BLIND PROPONENTS OF THOSE INTERESTS DO SAID.
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ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS
HE POINTED OUT THAT A LEADER MUST BE THAT WERE FREE FROM BIAS AND FREE FROM SELF OR SECTORAL INTEREST.
THE PATH LEADING TO TRUE DEMOCRACY OFTEN INVOLVED
OF GIVE AND TAKE, MR LEE STRESSED.
TI
THE PROCESS
OF HONG KONG
WE MUST BE PREPARED, WHEN THE OVERALL INTEREST IS AT STAKE, TO GIVE, AND GIVE WITHOUT RESERVATION," HE SAID,
"SELFISH MOTIVATIONS HAVE NO PLACE IN THIS COUNCIL."
OF VISION, THEY COULD "RIDE
MR LEE FIRMLY BELIEVED THAT IF MEMBERS HAD CLARITY UNITY OF PURPOSE, AND "ROW TOGETHER IN HARMONY", OF THE WAVES" THAT MIGHT HIT THEM.
ANY
/HE PRAISED