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Tuesday, April 10, 1973

Broadly speaking, he added, Hong Kong would then have the assurance

that, provided its prosperity lasted, some of the existing major defects

would be eliminated within a measurable time.

It would also mean that "a term has been put to the makeshift

conditions forced upon Hong Kong by the influx of population in the Fifties

and early Sixties."

The Governor said there were of course many other problems to

be tackled, including crime and corruption, narcotics, traffic and off-street

parking, the need for proper markets for hawkers and the need to coordinate

the solution of these interconnected problems.

"Above all," Sir Murray said, "there is a need to maintain the

expansion of the prosperity of this city on which all else depends."

The Governor concluded by assuring the Council of his interest

and support, and said he was sure that if all parts of government worked together

"Hong Kong can achieve the better life we all want, and achieve it within a

decade."

Note to Editors:

Copies of the full text of the Governor's speech are distributed separately in the G.I.S. Press boxes this eveing.

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