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Speech by the Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose at the

Annual Dinner of the HK General Chamber of Commerce

at the Mandarin Hotel on January. 22, 1981

I should like to start by congratulating the Chamber on its

vigour and enterprise. You, Sir, have already referred to its valuable

missions abroad to promote trade and investment and to keep Hong Kong on

But there are a host of less publicised services which add up to a

major contribution to the trade of Hong Kong.

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I am also extremely grateful for the energy with which the

Chamber maintains its Good Citizens Award Scheme. I am told that over

the last seven years the Chamber has paid $1 million to about 1 000

members of the public who in one way or another have personally helped a

policeman to deal with criminals. The scheme has been a valuable spur to

community cooperation and an enormous encouragement to the police

themselves,

I very much agree with the general theme and thrust of your

speech, and in the first place I would like to answer some of the specific

points you have raised.

You suggested that in the present inflationary situation the

Government, as the territory's largest employer, should not make matters

worse by incorporating anticipated inflation into wage settlements.

We will not. The Standing Commission on Salaries and Conditions of Service

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