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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1992
AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDED PHASING OF
TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TRAFFIC
LANE ARRANGEMENT, AND PROVISION OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AND AIDS.
"COMPLAINTS ABOUT BREACHES OF THE LAW STOOD AT 410, A RISE OF 102 COMPARED WITH FIGURES FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
"THESE ARE RELATED MAINLY TO ILLEGAL PARKING AND FAILING TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN
C
MOTORISTS
SAID.
HK CONTINUES TO BE AUTONOMOUS: SEM
YEARS,
THE MAIN CHALLENGE FACING HONG KONG IN THE NEXT FEW AND CERTAINLY THE MOST WIDELY TALKED ABOUT, IS HOW TO MANAGE THE TRANSITION UP TO AND ACROSS JULY 1, 1997, WHEN HONG KONG WILL UNDERGO THE UNPRECEDENTED TRANSFORMATION FROM BEING A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY TO BECOMING A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, WHEN ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG- CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND THE CALGARY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN CALGARY, CANADA, TODAY (SATURDAY).
MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT HISTORICALLY, HONG KONG HAD GONE THROUGH SEVERAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE PAST 150 YEARS.
HONG KONG'S
HE BELIEVED THE FORTHCOMING CHANGE IN CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION OUGHT NOT TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE.
"AFTER ALL,
THE RETURN OF SOVEREIGNTY IS TO TAKE PLACE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A BINDING INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT WHICH MAKES SPECIFIC PROVISION FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF HONG KONG'S WELL-ESTABLISHED SYSTEMS AND LIFESTYLE," HE SAID.
"THE KEYNOTE IS CONTINUITY, UNDER THE GUIDING CONCEPT OF 'ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'
"HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE ΤΟ BE A HIGHLY AUTONOMOUS, CAPITALIST SOCIETY WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY, AND PERHAPS BEYOND.
MR
CHAN TOLD THE GATHERING THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF BONG KONG'S SUCCESS HAD BEEN CAREFULLY PRESERVED IN THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW FOR THE FUTURE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (SAR).
IN BRIEF, THAT AGREEMENT ENABLES HONG KONG ту REMAIN A CAPITALIST SOCIETY UNDER THE "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" CONCEPT AFTER ITS RETURN TO CHINA IN 1997.
THE CURRENT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS IN HONG KONG WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED, AND SO WILL THE LIFESTYLE.
/THE HONG