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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1991
GOVERNOR'S LUNAR NEW YEAR MESSAGE 1991
FAMILY OUR RELATIVES TRADITIONAL
OF
OUR MOST IMPORTANT "THIS TIME
NEW YEAR IS OF THE FESTIVAL. IT IS A VERY SPECIAL TIME FOR US TO BE WITH
WITH OUR FRIENDS. AT THE NEW YEAR, WE REMEMBER THAT AND FAMILY VALUES AND HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS HOMES ARE THE EVERYTHING WE WANT TO ACHIEVE FOR OUR HONG KONG COMMUNITY.
"THE
FOUNDATION
GREAT NEW YEAR IS, IN PARTICULAR, A TIME WHEN WE THINK A
AND THAT'S QUITE RIGHT,
THE BEST DEAL ABOUT THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. BECAUSE WE WANT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE POSSIBLE FUTURES.
"THAT
L
IS IS WHY WHAT WE DO TO IMPROVE SCHOOLING AND EDUCATION
PLANS TO UPGRADE SO IMPORTANT. THAT IS WHY WE ARE PUSHING AHEAD WITH THE QUALITY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND TO GIVE PARENTS MORE FREEDOM OF IN THE TYPE OF EDUCATION AVAILABLE TO THEIR CHILDREN,
AMBITIOUS
PLANS
тоо
CHOICE
FOR EXPANDING "AND WE HAVE OOT
OUR COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER EDUCATION HERE IN HONG KONG,
OF YOUNG AND IS COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING A RAPID INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE THE NEW DEGREES. PEOPLE STUDYING FOR TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ENROLLING ITS FIRST STUDENTS LATER THIS YEAR.
GENERATION.
FOR
THE
THE
YOUNGER THINKING OF THE "THIS NEW YEAR IS NOT JUST A TIME FOR
WHOLE FAMILY. EQUALLY IMPORTANT, IT IS A TIME FOR THE
ELDERLY OUR COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS HAD A SPECIAL REGARD FOR THE
LAID EFFORTS, THOSE WHO IN THEIR OWN GENERATION, AND BY THEIR
LIVE IN TODAY, THE FOR FOUNDATIONS GOVERNMENT AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SHARE THE WISH TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR WE ARE DETERMINED TO KEEP IMPROVING THE DIGNITY AND THEIR WELL-BEING. SERVICES THAT WILL MAKE OLD AGE A TIME OF RESPECT AND COMFORT.
BUSTLING
CITY WHICH WE
TO **AN IMPORTANT HONG KONG TRADITION HAS BEEN OUR WILLINGNESS THINK AHEAD AND TO INVEST IN A RANGE OF PROJECTS THAT WILL CREATE TOMORROW'S PROSPERITY AND WHICH DAY BY DAY WILL IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF ATTITUDE MUST CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR LIFE. THAT FORWARD-LOOKING
WHILE WE WORK TO BUILD UP HONG KONG'S THINKING
THE 19908. IN
TOWARDS OUR PROSPERITY, WE
AND MUST ALSO AT THE SAME TIME MOVE FORWARD
AND A COMMUNITY WHICH ENJOYS A CLEAN GOAL OF A CARING COMMUNITY A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
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MADE IN RECENT WHEN I HONG BECAUSE
THE PACIFIC
PROGRESS THAT HONG KONG HAS REMARKABLE "THE YEARS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BROUGHT HOME TO ME VERY STRONGLY
ABROAD. WE CAN TAKE PRIDE IN OUR ACHIEVEMENTS TRAVEL KONG IS RECOGNISED INCREASINGLY AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF REGION'S EMERGENCE AS A MAJOR CENTRE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH.
UNITED FOREIGN
ΤΟ
CANADA, "DURING THIS PAST YEAR; I HAVE TRAVELLED
ΤΟ DIRECTLY ΤΟ TALK AND BRITAIN, STATES,
CHINA JAPAN, STATESMEN AND BUSINESS LEADERS. EVERYWHERE I HAVE GONE, I HAVE FOUND GREAT INTEREST IN HONG KONG AND IN ITS HOPES FOR THE FUTURE. WE ARE SEEN AS A CITY OF IMPRESSIVE RESOURCEFULNESS AND REMARKABLE DYNAMISM.
/"THIS REPUTATION