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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1987

IMPORTANT

SIGNIFICANCE SHOWN BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR

HE SAID THE AIRPORT PROJECT WAS ONE OF PARTICULARLY AS INTEREST HAD BEEN PARTICIPATING IN A NEW AIRPORT SCHEME.

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HE SAID THE IMPLICATIONS OF BUILDING A NEW AIRPORT WIDE-RANGING. "NOT ONLY DOES IT SHOW GOVERNMENT'S CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE BUT

OUR IT ALSO ENHANCES OUR DETERMINATION AND IMAGE INTERNATIONAL, CITY.

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HE SAID CAPITAL PROJECTS SUCH AS AN AIRPORT OFTEN HAD A LENGTHY DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND HE URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO QUICKEN PACK AS THE NEED

ITS FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WOULD BE PRESSING IN A YEAR OR TWO.

MORE

ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, MR LEE SAID OUR INDUSTRY WAS FACING INCREASING PROTECTIONISM AND COMPETITION AND WAS NARROWLY BASED.

"THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT WE MURT MOVE AND OUR FUTURE MUST BE MORE DEPENDENT ON

UP-MARKET KNOWLEDGE-BASED INDUSTRIES. A PROPOSAL TO SET UP A TECHNOLOGY CENTRE SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED.'

HE REITERATED THAT INDUSTRY WAS TUF BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY AND WITHOUT A DETERMINED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, HONG KONG WOULD SUPPER IN THE LONG RUN.

AS REGARDS EDUCATION AND TRAINING, MR LEE SAID HE WAS GLAD SEE THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS AND DETERMINATION IN THESE AREAS.

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"I SUPPORTED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HONG KONG'S THIRD UNIVERSITY AND THE INCREASE OF THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUDGET FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTES,

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'I WOULD LIKE ΤΟ SER MORE OF QUALIFIED TO ENTER UNIVERSITIES AND OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION."

HE SAID TO INVEST IN EDUCATION

OUR

OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE POLYTECHNICS BE GIVEN

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WAS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE AND IT WAS THE BEST GUARANTEE THAT WE COULD HAVE.

MR LEE CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT A SOUND AND HEALTHY ECONOMY MUST BE BASED ON CONFIDENCE: BUSINESS CONFIDENCE AND CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO TAKE THE LEAD DURING A CRISIS AND IN THE GOVERNMENT'S FLEXIBILITY IN THE POLICY AND DECISION MAKING PROCESSES.

"J RECOGNISE TIIAT NO GOVERNMENT J8 PERFECT BUT A

GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE.

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*JUDGING FROM HONG KONG'S PAST PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS A RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT.'

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MR LEE ADDED THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT WITH THE COOPERATION OF BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WE COULD TAKE UP THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE.

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