MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1989
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7) A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DEBATE WILL BE HELD ON THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE'S REPORT SOON AFTER IT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.
"AS I SAID EARLIER, WE DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE DIFFICULTY OF THE TASKS AHEAD. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S POSITION IS MORALLY AND CONSTITUTIONALY INDEFENSIBLE AS MORE AND MORE INFLUENTIAL PAPERS AND LEADING FIGURES IN BRITAIN ARE POINTING OUT TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC. WHAT WE SEEK IS NO MORE THAN OUR RIGHT. WE MUST CONTINUE TO PRESS OUR CASE WITH DETERMINATION AND DIGNITY, AND WITH ONE VOICE. AT THE SAME TIME WE MUST, AS A COMMUNITY, WORK TOGETHER TO SAFEGUARD THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF OUR SOCIETY, AND TO BUILD UP POLITICAL SYSTEMS FOR THE FUTURE WHICH WILL GIVE PEOPLE CONFIDENCE. FOR HONG KONG IS OUR AND WE ARE ALL PROUND OF IT."
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LADY WILSON STRESSES NEED FOR PUBLIC COMMITMENT
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HONG KONG
HONG KONG PEOPLE NEED. MORE THAN EVER, TO BUILD UP MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOW OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS REMARKABLE COMMUNITY, LADY WILSON SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
CHEST, TIME WHEN IN CHINA, FELT MORE
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY LADY WILSON, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE CHEST, SAID AT A EVERYONE FELT DEEPLY AFFECTED BY WHAT WE HAD SEEN HAPPENING IT WAS HARD TO PUT OUR MINDS TO OTHER THINGS, BUT SHE STRONGLY THAN EVER THAT TRY WE MUST.
"WE DO NOT FORGET. BUT WE DO ALL HAVE WORK TO CONTINUE. EVENTS MADE THIS WORK EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, LADY WILSON SAID.
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"OUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY CHEST CONTINUES TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. MANY PEOPLE STILL NEED THE SERVICES OF WELFARE AGENCIES THAT WE SUPPORT," SHE SAID.
LADY WILSON SAID DURING THE PAST YEAR A TOTAL OF $70 MILLION HAD BEEN RAISED FOR THE 107 AGENCIES BELONGING TO THE CHEST. REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 24 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR'S RECORD $57 MILLION.
"IT WAS WITH SOME ANXIETY THAT I WATCHED THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR DRAWING NEAR, WITH FUNDS IN THE BANK STILL WELL BELOW
THE TARGET.
"THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD AND EFFECTIVELY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THOSE LAST FEW WEEKS. TO RAISE THE MONEY THAT THE AGENCIES NEEDED.
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