4000035
F.B. 31
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
NFORMATION SERVICES
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
Tuesday, February 13, 1973
SPEECH BY GOVERNOR AT ROTARY CLUB
The following is the full text of a speech by the Governor,
Sir Murray MacLehose, at a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Hong
Kong at the Mandarin Hotel today (Tuesday):
"I am most grateful for this invitation to lunch with the Rotary
Club of Hong Kong.
"I of course welcome this opportunity to speak to so responsible
a group which comprises many of Hong Kong's most influential people, and
which does so much for the community as a whole.
"I thought the best way I could spend the time would be to pick
up some of the points I made in my speech to the Legislative Council
last October and comment on them.
"You may remember that the principal points covered were new
programmes for housing, education and social services, and the paramount
importance of maintaining the prosperity of our economy, and personal
safety and ease of mind for our population.
"There is general acceptance of the need for long term programes
for housing, education and the social services, and a further long tera
programme for the medical and health services will be added this year.
In these fields that affect the whole population so directly, we must plan
as long as we can, plan as high as we can, and plan up to but within the
means at our disposal.
"You are
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