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MONDAY, MAY 7, 1984

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GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO KEEP UP DEVELOPMENT OF HK

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (MONDAY) STRESSED THE DETERMINATION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE TERRITORY.

+IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REALISE HOW MUCH IS GOING ON IN HONG KONG ALL THE TIME,+ HE SAID,

+I HAVE SPOKEN OF IT MANY TIMES, AND I SHALL BE SPEAKING OF IT AGAIN.

+THERE IS A GREAT DEAL TO DO WE SHALL BE GETTING ON WITH DOING IT, AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY IN OUR TÁSK,+ HE SAID.

SIR EDWARD WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK TAI PO DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL.

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ASKED WHAT HE MEANT BY +LAME-DUCK+ - A PHRASE WHICH HE USED EARLIER IN HIS SPEECH WHEN HE SAID THERE WOULD BE NO +LAME-DUCK ADMINISTRATION IN HONG KONG THE GOVERNOR SAID IT MEANT SOMETHING WHICH WAS INEFFECTIVE.

+WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY THIS MORNING, IN FACT WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS MORNING IS GOING ROUND TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS WHICH ARE HAPPENING DECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REALISE HOW MUCH IS HAPPENING IN HONG KONG ALL THE TIME, HE SAID.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON WHAT SORT OF CHANGES WOULD BE MADE TO MAKE THE GOVERNMENT MORE REPRESENTATIVE, SIR EDWARD SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE PROPOSALS FOR SOME TIME.

+WE HAVE SAID QUITE CLEARLY THAT IT WILL HAVE TO BE PROGRESSIVE, AND I THINK YOU WILL HAVE NOTICED THE QUESTION WHICH MR STEPHEN CHEONG ASKED THE OTHER DAY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHEN HE SAID WILL IT TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NEED FOR STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.

+YOU MAY BE QUITE SURE THAT THE PROPOSALS, WHEN WE DO PUT THEM FORWARD, WILL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL, HE SAID.

ASKED HOW LONG THESE PROPOSALS WILL TAKE, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS NOT GOING TO SET DOWN TIME SCALES.

+BUT IT WILL BE PROGRESSIVE AND WE HAVE SPOKEN OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COMING YEARS. SO I WILL LEAVE YOU TO GUESS THE TIME SCALE, HE SAID.

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