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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1983

LOBO CALLS FOR 'LIVELY ACTION'

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THE HON ROGER LOBO, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, STRESSED TODAY THAT THIS WAS A TIME FOR LIVELY AND DETERMINED ACTION ON THE PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION RATHER THAN A TIME TO WAIT FOR MORE MOMENTOUS MATTERS TO BE RESOLVED.

SPEAKING ON THE MOTION OF THANKS FOR THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS. MR LOBO SAID THAT THOUGH LITTLE COULD BE SAID AT THIS TIME ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS ON OUR FUTURE, MUCH COULD BE USEFULLY SAID AND DONE ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.

HE SAID, +AFTER ALL, AN IMPORTANT QUESTION MUST BE THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION ITS RELEVANCE TO THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY WHICH EVERYONE IS PLEDGED TO PRESERVE AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH IT IDENTIFIES AND IS IDENTIFIED WITH THE HOPES AND AMBITIONS OF OUR PEOPLE.

→WE WILL MAKE NO SMALL CONTRIBUTION TO THAT FUTURE IF WE ADDRESS OURSELVES SERIOUSLY AND URGENTLY TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN THESE TERMS.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE QUALITY OF ADMINISTRATION WAS LIKELY TO COME UNDER MORE, RATHER THAN LESS, CRITICAL APPRAISAL IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE AND JUDGEMENT WOULD BE MADE UPON PERFORMANCE, NOT PROMISES.

WE SHALL HAVE TO DELIVER THE HOMES THAT ARE PROMISED IN OUR PROGRAMMES- WE SHALL HAVE TO PRODUCE DEMONSTRABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN TINKERED WITH FOR TOO LONG- AND WE SHALL HAVE TO PRODUCE LABOUR LEGISLATION WHICH IS WORKABLE AND REALISTIC,+ MR LOBO SAID.

NOTING THAT ECONOMIC AS WELL AS POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES WERE PUTTING OUR ADMINISTRATION TO AN UNPRECEDENTED TEST, HE SAID, +1 DON'T THINK ANYONE SERIOUSLY QUESTIONS THE SINCERE DEDICATION OF THIS ADMINISTRATION TO A FAIR AND JUST SOCIETY WHICH BALANCES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABLE AND VIGOROUS WITH PROTECTION FOR THOSE WHO ARE WEAK OR DISADVANTAGED.+

+WE ARE NOW OBLIGED TO DO MORE THAN DECLARE THESE GOOD INTENTIONS. WE MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS IS ALSO AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND EXPEDITIOUS ADMINISTRATION WHICH DELIVERS THE GOODS ON TIME, AS ADVERTISED AND AS EXPECTED, HE STRESSED.

+NOTHING WEAKENS THE REPUTATION OF A GOVERNMENT MORE THAN NEGLECT IN THIS AREA: THE PERSISTENCE OF EVEN PETTY ABUSE IN APPARENT DEFIANCE OF THE LAW, THE PREVALENCE OF SQUALOR IN THE PRESENCE OF EXTRAVAGANCE, ABOVE ALL, THE GAP BETWEEN PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE, AS IT IS PERCEIVED BY THE MAN IN THE STREET,+ HE WARNED,

IN CONCLUSION, MR LOBO SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR COULD COUNT ON THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS FOR THE IR WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT FOR HIS EFFORTS TO SECURE OUR FUTURE AND OUR PRESENT.

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