WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1991
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HK GOING THROUGH THREE CRUCIAL CHANGES: GOVERNOR
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THE
GOVERNOR,
SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE
IS GOING COUNCIL THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON THAT HONG KONG
THROUGH THREE CRUCIAL CHANGES WHICH ARE SHAPING OUR FUTURE AND ALL OF THEM RAISE THE ISSUE OF HOW TO MANAGE THE TRANSITION TO 1997.
THESE THREE CHANGES WERE IN CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SOCIETY BY THE
THE PROGRAMMES FOR DEVELOPING THE ECONOMY AND GOVERNMENT'S AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
PHYSICAL
1991/92 THE GOVERNOR, IN HIS ANNUAL POLICY ADDRESS TO OPEN THE
A SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SAID: "FOR THE FIRST TIME,
THIS IS A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN ELECTED. LANDMARK IN THE PROCESS OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
KONG
OF TO CHINESE
"AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE OVER HALF-WAY BETWEEN THE SIGNING
HONG AND THE REVERSION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION SOVEREIGNTY IN 1997," THE GOVERNOR SAID.
HE
PEOPLE'S STAGE.
ALSO POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG'S REPUBLIC HAD
AND ENTERED A NEW, CLOSER
RELATIONSHIP
MORE
WITH THE SIGNIFICANT
SIR DAVID SAID THE HONG KONG SOCIETY WAS ITSELF PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION. INCREASED EDUCATION AND RISING PROSPERITY BROUGHT HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.
UNDERGOING A
"WE HAVE
ALREADY LAUNCHED
ΤΟ
WHICH
MAJOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE TERRITORY ON
| HE SAID. THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE COMMUNITY DEPENDS,
THESE
SURE
THAT NEXT CENTURY DISADVANTAGED
PROGRAMMES, HE ADDED, WERE DESIGNED TO MAKE HONG KONG WOULD BE ONE OF ASIA'S LEADING CITIES OF THE WHICH WAS PROSPEROUS; PEACEFUL; AND PROTECTIVE OF MEMBERS, ITS CHILDREN AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
ITS
SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD REVIEW IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS GOVERNMENT PLANNED TO MANAGE THESE THREE CHANGES.
SIR
DAVID WELCOMED ALL MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL, NEW TO THIS CHAMBER AND THOSE WHO HAD RETURNED
WERE SERVICE.
HOW THE
THOSE
BOTH
WHO AFTER PREVIOUS
"TO ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL WORKS AS A WHOLE REGARDLESS OF WHICH DOOR MEMBERS HAVE ENTERED BY, I SHOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE A VITAL CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE IN ALL THE THREE AREAS OF CHANGE I HAVE JUST MENTIONED," HE SAID.
THAT WITH THE
THE GOVERNOR SAID THE PUBLIC LOOKED TO MEMBERS TO ENSURE THE ADMINISTRATION REMAINED IN THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE TOUCH
WITH ITS ANXIETIES AS WELL AS ITS ASPIRATIONS.
COMMUNITY
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