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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988

SIR

CHANGES

то SAID

THE

OF THE THESE

COMPOSITION DAVID

THE EVOLUTION OF OUR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WERE AN IMPORTANT PART OF SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE YEARS UP TO 1997 AND BEYOND.

WELL EDUCATED AND "AS OUR SOCIETY DEVELOPS, OUR INCREASINGLY

GREATER PART PROSPEROUS POPULATION BOTH SEEK, AND DESERVE, TO PLAY A

SAY IN THE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND HAVE MORE THEIR OWN LIVES, HE SAID,

"

IT IS A TREND WHICH I

"IT IS RIGHT THAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN. WELCOME. THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO IT.

BY THE COUNCIL DURING SIR DAVID OBSERVED THAT THE WORK DONE

AND BEEN

HE SUBSTANTIAL,

SAW

ΤΟ NO REASON THE LAST SESSION HAD BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE ANY LESS SO IN THE NEW SESSION.

GOVERNMENT WHICH I HE SAID: "THE POLICIES OF THE BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON WILL REQUIRE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK ADMINISTRATION; AND FROM THIS COUNCIL.

SHALL FROM

PUT

THE

SERVED BY "I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE WELL

COMMON GOAL OF MAINTAINING HONG COUNCIL MEMBERS, WORKING WITH THE

OF KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE ITS PEOPLE.

"I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU TO

ACHIEVE THESE

AIMS.

"

GOVERNOR CONFIDENT OF BRIGHT ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

* * * *

CAPACITY AND

COMPETITIVENESS OF FOR A MORE OPEN TOLD THE

HONG KONG MUST INCREASE THE ITS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT

GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, THE SYSTEM, WORLD TRADING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS DEALING WITH THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY OPENING THE 1988-89 SESSION OF THE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID SAID THE ECONOMY HAD CONTINUED TO GROW THIS YEAR, AND OVER THE LONGER TERM HE CONFIDENT THAT THE OUTLOOK WAS BRIGHT.

REMAINED

AND HE POINTED TO THE GROWTH OF ECONOMIC RELATIONS

WITH AS A KEY ELEMENT OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC FUTURE, BEING EACH OTHER'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER.

WITH CHINA THE TWO NOW

/BIR DAVID