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EN

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988

GREEN PAPER ON TRANSPORT PLANNING UP TO 2001;

HOUSING FOR ALL URBAN SQUATTERS BY MID-'90S;

NEW STRATEGY TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS;

BUILDING MANAGEMENT TO BE

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ESTABLISHED;

PRIVATE

NEW LEGISLATION TO STRIKE AT THE

TRAFFICKERS.

FINANCIAL ROOTS OF DRUG

ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND REDUCE THE NEW LEGISLATION TO CURB PROBLEMS CAUSED BY VICE ESTABLISHMENTS;

GIVEN то HE ALSO SAID THAT HIGH PRIORITY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE

TONGUE TEACHING WOULD BB EXPANDING HIGHER EDUCATION, MOTHER

BISESSIONAL PRIMARY ENCOURAGED, AND A GRADUAL PROGRAMME TO PHASE OUT SCHOOLS WAS BEING DRAWN UP.

THE

OPENING

OF THE

BIG

HOSPITAL

EXTENSION TO QUEEN MARY NEXT YEAR WOULD HELP OVERCROWDING IN EXISTING HOSPITALS.

AT

AND TUEN MUN

THE REDUCE THE PROBLEM OF

PEOPLE WANT

ON THE SO-CALLED "BRAIN DRAIN", HE SAID: "WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT HONG KONG REMAINS A PLACE WHERE TO LIVE, AND ONE TO WHICH THEY WANT TO RETURN."

WAS

ON THE LABOUR FRONT, THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE PRESENT TO CHANGE EXISTING POLICY AND ALLOW THE IMPORT OF NUMBERS OF WORKERS INTO HONG KONG.

WAS BEING

MADE

IN

PROGRESS GOOD DECLARATION, AND HELPFUL HIGH LEVEL VISITS HONG KONG AND CHINA.

NO PLAN AT SUBSTANTIAL

THE JOINT IMPLEMENTING WERE BEING MADE BETWEEN

IN DEALING WITH VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, BE BOTH FAIR AND FIRM; AND CONSCIOUS BOTH OF AND THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG.

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES

SIR DAVID CONCLUDED THAT HONG KONG HAD A REMARKABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND AN ABILITY TO CONFRONT PROBLEMS.

RECORD OF

-

"WHAT MATTERS IS NOT THAT WE HAVE

BUT THAT WE ARE PREPARED WITHOUT THEM TACKLE THEM REALISTICALLY,"

PROBLEMS

NO SOCIETY TO FACE THEM HONESTLY

IS AND

HE

WAS

ACHIEVE

ITS

GIVEN ITS ENERGETIC, SKILLED AND PRAGMATIC POPULATION, CONVINCED THAT HONG KONG HAD THE ABILITY AND THE WILL TO OBJECTIVES IN THE IMPORTANT YEARS AHEAD.

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