WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1984.
NOTING THAT HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC SYSTEM WAS BASICALLY CAPITAL ISTIC, MR SO SAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE SYSTEM WAS BUILT ON ITS BELIEF IN FREEDOM, HUMAN DIGNITY, HUMAN VALUE AND THE PEOPLE'S CREATIVITY.
+APART FROM ACCEPTING THE RIGHT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY IN A CAPITAL ISTIC SOCIETY AND THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE ENTERPRISE AND THE REFRAINING OF GOVERNMENT FROM COMPETING AGAINST HER PEOPLE, HONG KONG OWES ITS SUCCESS TO THE FACT THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO GIVE FULL PLAY TO THE IR ABILITY AND WISDOM AS WELL AS THEIR ENTERPRISING SPIRIT, THUS WINNING OVERSEAS MARKETS AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT, HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT FREE ENTERPRISE WAS NOT THE SOLE FACTOR TO OUR ECONOMIC SUCCESS.
+WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT WE UNEQUIVOCALLY RESPECT THE HUMAN DIGNITY.
+THE GOVERNMENT, BESIDES PROVIDING FAVOURABLE ECONOMIC CLIMATE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ALSO CATERS TO THE NEED OF THE YOUNG, THE AGED, THE HANDICAPPED AND THE SICK, AND SEES TO THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF THE WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN MAKING TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMY, HE ADDED.
HE SAID THAT WHILE HONG KONG HAD MADE MISTAKES IN THE PAST, IT HAD MADE GOOD ITS MISTAKES AND HAD BECOME STRONGER THEREAFTER.
ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, MR SO SAID BOTH CHINA AND BRITAIN WERE DETERMINED THAT ITS PROSPERITY AND STABILITY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND THE LEADERS EVEN GAVE THE PROMISE THAT THE SYSTEM WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR 50 YEARS.
+THE LEADERS OF CHINA ALSO REALISE THAT THE EXISTING ECONOMIC SYSTEM OF HONG KONG IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THAT CURRENTLY OPERATING IN CHINA, THENCE COMES THE PROPOSAL TWO SYSTEMS WITHIN ONE NATION',+ HE SAID.
+I FERVENTLY HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE A PEACEFUL AND UNITED CHINA AND I DO NOT DOUBT THE SINCERITY OF THE CURRENT LEADERS OF BOTH CHINA AND BRITAIN ON MAINTAINING THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.
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