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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988

"WITHOUT THIS WE CANNOT ACHIEVE OUR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC," HE SAID.

OBJECTIVES,

WHETHER

"WE MUST BUILD UP OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES SO THAT WE CAN STAY IN THE

THE FRONT RANK OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE AND TRAIN THE GENERATIONS WHO WILL BE RUNNING THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AFTER 1997.

"WE NEED TO DEVELOP OUR SOCIAL AND MEDICAL SERVICES SO THAT WE HAVE A SOCIETY WHICH IS BOTH HEALTHY AND CARING.

"WE MUST IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENT, FROM THE CROWDED OLD URBAN CENTRES TO OUR BEACHES AND COUNTRYSIDE.

"WE MUST MAINTAIN OUR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LINKS AND OUR OPEN ECONOMY, TO BENEFIT OURSELVES AND TO BE A BRIDGE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE WESTERN WORLD.

"AND WE MUST DEVELOP AND CONSOLIDATE OUR GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN TACKLE EFFECTIVELY OUR IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS, BE READY FOR THE CHANGES WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN 1997 AND PROVIDE A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR A PROSPEROUS, STABLE AND LIVELY HONG KONG SAR IN WHICH THE ENERGY AND INITIATIVE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL HAVE FULL SCOPE.'

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SIR DAVID SAID THE LONGER HE WAS HERE THE MORE HE WAS CONVINCED THAT HONG KONG HAD THE ABILITY, AND THE WILL, TO DO ALL THESE THINGS.

"WE HAVE AN ENERGETIC, SKILLED AND PRAGMATIC

POPULATION,"

HE

SAID.

"WE HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT BOTH BRITAIN AND CHINA ARE DETERMINED TO WORK FOR THE FULL AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

"AND FINALLY, I HOPE I HAVE DEMONSTRATED TODAY THAT WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT WHICH IS DETERMINED TO THINK LONG TERM AND GIVE AN ENERGETIC LEAD TO EFFORTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO IMPROVE THE LIFE OF THIS COMMUNITY AN OBJECTIVE WHICH MEANS SO MUCH BOTH TO ME

AND TO ALL OF US."

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