TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1985
THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, THE AREA COMMITTEES, THE DISTRICT BOARDS, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE OFFICE OF MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS CONSTITUTED A HIERARCHY OF INSTITUTIONS, CONTRIBUTING CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS AND ADVICE AND DEALING WITH PROBLEMS AND TROUBLE SHOOTING AT PROGRESSIVELY HIGHER LEVELS.
+ IT IS AN ELABORATE SYSTEM, IT FUNCTIONS HOUR BY HOUR, AND DAY BY DAY, QUIETLY AND UNOBSTRUSIVELY CORRECTING INJUSTICE, IMPROVING LIFE, OR PERHAPS SIMPLY HOLDING BACK AN INEVITABLE DECLINE, SHOULD WE EVER CEASE TO CARE FOR THIS CROWDED CITY OF OURS,+ SIR DAVID SAID.
IF HE WERE TO SPEAK OF THE RECENT ELECTIONS HE WOULD DO SO IN THE SAME WAY, SIR DAVID SAID, TRACING THEIR ORIGIN NOT IN A RUSH TOWARDS DEMOCRACY, BUT IN A PROGRESSIVE BUILDING UP OF INSTITUTIONS WHICH SUIT HONG KONG AND ITS PEOPLE.
SIR DAVID SAID THAT HE HAD A STRONG CONVICTION THAT HONG KONG HAD THE ABILITY TO ENSURE THAT THE BLACK AND WHITE OF THE JOINT DECLARATION BECOMES A LIVING REALITY. +
+WE CAN TAKE UP THIS CHALLENGE, GRASP THE OPPORTUNITY AND GO ON BUILDING HONG KONG AS ONE OF THE GREAT CITIES OF THE WORLD OR WE COULD LET IT DRIFT.
TO GO ON BUILDING AND IMPROVING WE NEED CONTINUOUSLY TO STRENGTHEN, ADAPT AND DEVELOP OUR INSTITUTIONS TO MATCH CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES; AVOID UNNECESSARY COMPLICATION AND NEEDLESS INTERFERENCE IN THE ECONOMY AND BUSINESS OPERATION; ENSURE OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PRODUCE A QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF GRADUATES.
+ IF WE HOLD FAST TO THE PRACTICAL ATTITUDES AND THE IDEALS THAT HAVE RESULTED IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HONG KONG TODAY, THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HONG KONG CANNOT GO ON TO GREATER HEIGHTS IN THE FUTURE, SIR DAVID SAID.
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