FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1978
QUEEN THANKS GOVERNOR FOR MESSAGE OF BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS THANKED THE GOVERNOR AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR THE IR MESSAGE OF GREETINGS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY ON APRIL 21.
IN A TELEGRAM TO THE GOVERNOR TODAY, THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FORE IGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS SAID: +1 AM COMMANDED TO CONVEY HER MAJESTY'S SINCERE APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO YOU AND TO ALL WHO ASSOCIATED THEMSELVES WITH YOUR MESSAGE OF LOYAL GREETINGS ON THE OCCASION OF HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.+
GOVERNOR OPENS TUEN MUN ROAD
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY THAT IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE ACCESS TO NEW LAND WHICH THEY WOULD BRING WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ALL HONG KONG.
SIR MURRAY WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF STAGE ONE OF THE $350 MILLION TUEN MUN ROAD.
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+COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS TO NEW LAND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR RECALLED THE DECISION TO BUILD THE NEW HIGH- CAPACITY HIGHWAY AND SO OPEN THE WEST AND NORTH-WEST TO DEVELOPMENT.
+ IT WAS TAKEN AT A DARK TIME WHEN THE QUINTUPLING OF OIL PRICES HAD SUDDENLY OPENED AT OUR FEET WHAT THEN APPEARED A FINANCIAL ABYSS, HE SAID.
SIR MURRAY POINTED OUT THAT PRUDENCE REQUIRED RETRENCHMENT AND RETRENCHMENT THERE WAS.
BUT HE ADDED, RECOVERY REQUIRED PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT, AND SO, INSPITE OF ECONOMIES IN OTHER FIELDS, THE GO-AHEAD FOR TUEN MÚN ROAD WAS GIVEN.
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