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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1987

SENSE OF COMMUNITY HELPS HK FACE CHALLENGES: SIR DAVID

THE

TEXT

OF THE

NEW YEAR

MESSAGE

FROM

THE

FOLLOWING IS GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON:

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HAVE BEEN STRUCK *DURING MY FIRST EIGHT MONTHS AS GOVERNOR I

KONG. PEOPLE CARE BY THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT NOW EXISTS IN HONG

ΤΟ CONTRIBUTE MORE ΤΟ IT. THIS IS MORE ABOUT HONG KONG AND WANT

PEOPLE ARE PREPARED ΤΟ SPEND ON MANY ADVISORY COMMITTEES PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WHETHER IN WORKING ON THE AND VOLUNTARY BODIES THAT CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH TO THE WELL-BEING OF TERRITORY OR DISCUSSING OUR FUTURE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.

CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED BY THE TIME

WE

OF

THE

ENJOYED HAVE

OUR BUOYANT THE REST

OUR

AN

YEAR. EVENTFUL "ECONOMICALLY, 1987 WAS

AS A GROWTH LARGELY

RESULT SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC EXPORTS. OUR STOCK MARKET SAW BOTH DRAMATIC RISES AND, LIKE OF THE WORLD, DRAMATIC FALLS. FOR THE FUTURE, THE FUNDAMENTALS OF

IF THE ECONOMY REMAIN SOUND. BUT WE DEPEND ON INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.

READY TO TAKE WORLD ECONOMY FALTERS, WE MUST BE QUICK TO ADJUST AND

SENSE OF WITH OUR

COMMUNITY AND ADVANTAGE OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT

WILL BE ABLE NO DOUBT

WE COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG,

CHALLENGES IN THE COMING SUCCESSFULLY TO FACE THESE, AND ANY OTHER,

YEAR.

I

HAVE

"I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH ALL THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR IN 1988."

A

0

NEW DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES NAMED

* *

WATER

(FRIDAY).

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED SUPPLIES,

(THURSDAY) TODAY

MR TOM

WILL TOMLINSON,

THAT DIRECTOR OF RETIRE FROM TOMORROW

MR WONG KWOK-LAI, DEPUTY SUCCEED MR TOMLINSON.

DIRECTOR

OF WATER

SUPPLIES,

WILL

MR CHAN YAN-KEE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BECOME DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES.

OF WATER

SUPPLIES,

WILL

/BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL