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FIRST, WE CAN BEST SECURE OUR FUTURE TOMORROW BY OUR SUCCESS TODAY. THAT IS TRUE OF OUR ECONOMY AND TRUE OF OUR
OUR GOVERNMENT. THE STRONGEST SAFEGUARD FOR OUR GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS WILL BE THE EFFECTIVENESS, VIGOUR AND GOOD SENSE WITH WHICH THEY OPERATE. ALL OF
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US WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE RUNNING OF HONG KONG HAVE SERIOUS WORK TO DO. I LOOK FORWARD TO CO-OPERATING WITH THOSE WHO SHARE MY AIM TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO IMPROVE AND STRENGTHEN THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG IN THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HISTORY HAS PLACED US. THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WILL REQUIRE A SPIRIT OF MATURE CO-OPERATION IN THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT.
DIFFICULT.
TO GOVERN IS TO CHOOSE AND CHOICE IS INVARIABLY GOOD POLITICAL LEADERSHIP INVOLVES FACING UP ΤΟ HARD DECISIONS,
BE DONE TAKING THEM, SETTING OUT CLEARLY WHAT HAS TO
WHEN ALL THE THAT HAS ΤΟ BE TALKING IS OVER, AND WINNING CONSENT FOR THE COURSE PURSUED.
DIGNITY
AS
THAT IS WHY I WISH, WHILE PRESERVING THE AUTHORITY AND
MY OF MY OFFICE, TO MAKE
GOVERNORSHIP AS OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE POSSIBLE. BUT THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP RESTS WITH ME, IN WHAT IS AND WILL REMAIN AN EXECUTIVE-LED GOVERNMENT.
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AND PROSPECTS
WORK. LAURELS
ONE
SECONDLY, OUR PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE AMBITIONS ARE INEVITABLY LINKED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ECONOMY IN WHICH WE
ON HONG KONG KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYWHERE THAT IT CANNOT REST WON IN THE PAST. WE HAVE TO STRIVE CONTINUOUSLY TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE OUR COMPETITIVENESS FOR TOMORROW'S WORLD, CERTAIN ONLY OF THING
STILL. THAT OUR COMPETITORS WILL DO THE SAME. WE CANNOT STAND
AIRPORT WE MUST CONTINUE TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE. THAT IS WHY THE NEW AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT ARE SO AND IMPORTANT. THAT IS ONE REASON WHY THE PRIME MINISTERS OF BRITAIN
THIS EXCITING CHINA HAVE BOTH EXPRESSED THEIR PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO
IS A GREAT WORK. IT
UNDERTAKING WORTHY OF THE GREAT CITY AND TERRITORY IT WILL SERVE.
THE BRIDGES, AND THE WHEN THE AIRPORT AND THE NEW PORT, AND
ROAD, ARE RAILWAYS, AND THE LAND RECLAMATION AND THE
WE COMPLETED, FOR FURTHER WEALTH KNOW THAT THE WHOLE PROJECT WILL ACT AS A DYNAMO
WIDELY IN CREATION, NOT JUST IN HONG KONG BUT IN GUANGDONG, AND MORE
LINKS WITH THE SOUTHERN CHINA WHOSE FLOURISHING ECONOMIC
TERRITORY OUR PLACE AT
ARE TO THE BENEFIT OF US ALL. THE AIRPORT WILL CONFIRM THE CROSSROADS OF THE ASIAN ECONOMY.
TO RETAIN OUR ECONOMIC STRENGTH, WE ALSO HAVE TO ATTEND TO MORE PAROCHIAL BUT IMPORTANT CONCERNS. WE HAVE, FOR TO BATTLE AGAINST INFLATION, HARD-FOUGHT THOUGH THAT BATTLE TO BE. WHEN THE PUBLIC EXPRESS ANXIETY ABOUT THE THEY ARE WHOLLY RIGHT TO DO SO. ENEMY WE IGNORE AT OUR PERIL.
EXAMPLE,
TO
RATE
OF
INFLATION
IS A
CUNNING
CONTINUE IS BOUND INFLATION, ENEMY, AN
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