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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1980
IT WILL SOON BE THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY - THE MONKEY WHOSE AGILITY, QUICK WITS AND INGENUITY ENABLES HIM TO OVERCOME ALL OBSTACLES. THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAVE THIS SAME ABILITY TO FIND WAYS OF OVERCOMING WHAT AT FIRST APPEAR TO BE INSUPERABLE DIFFICULTIES, COUPLED WITH STEADFASTNESS AND PERSEVERANCE. IT IS A STRIKING TRIBUTE TO HONG KONG THAT THESE QUALITIES OF DEPENDABILITY ENCOURAGED MANY OF THE LARGEST COMPANIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO PARTICIPATE IN CREATING THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.
+IN HONG KONG PEOPLE OF MANY RACES MEET AND WORK AND PROSPER TOGETHER IN HARMONY WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT THIS LATEST AND BIGGEST PROJECT SHOULD BE THE PRODUCT OF MATERIAL AND SKILLS FROM CHINA AS WELL AS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, NATURALLY I AM DELIGHTED THAT BRITISH FIRMS HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE. IN WORKING FOR HONG KONG, THEY WORK TOO FOR THE GOOD UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CHINA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG WHICH WE VALUE SO MUCH.
+WE DO BOTH THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN, FOR INVITING US TO COME HERE TODAY, AND FOR YOUR VERY GENEROUS HOSPITALITY. OUR GOOD WISHES GO WITH YOU ALL, AND MAY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY SERVE THE COMMUNITY FAITHFULLY, SAFELY AND WELL IN THE YEARS AHEAD.+
FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES HONG KONG
ON COMPLETION OF MTR
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THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR PETER BLAKER, HAS EXTENDED HIS CONGRATULATIONS TO HONG KONG ON THE COMPLETION OF THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.
IN A MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, MR BLAKER SAID ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE FINAL STAGE OF THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY BY HRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, PLEASE CONVEY MY CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION, TO ITS CONTRACTORS AND STAFF AND TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT. THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOUR BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.+
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