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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988

OF RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN

DEAL OF DISCUSSION A GREAT EMIGRATION THE SO-CALLED "BRAIN DRAIN" WE WILL NEVER PREVENT ANYONE DO. BUT WE MUST DO LEAVING HONG KONG IF THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO

A PLACE WHERE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT HONG KONG REMAINS

THE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE, AND ONE TO WHICH THEY WANT TO RETURN. AS FOR

THE

SQUARELY PROBLEM

WITHOUT NUMBERS LEAVING, WE MUST CONFRONT

ARE NOW GETTING A SHYING AWAY FROM IT AND WITHOUT EXAGGERATION. WE

ARE LEAVING, CLEAR PICTURE OF THE NUMBERS AND THE SORT OF PEOPLE WHO

WE CAN SO THAT

MAKE SURE THAT ENOUGH TRAINED AVAILABLE TO FILL THE GAPS.

-

REPLACEMENTS

ARE

TODAY THAT HONG KONG'S LINKS ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY.

1 MADE THE POINT IN MY SPEECH WITH CHINA CONTINUE TO GROW, BOTH ARE NOW EACH OTHER'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER. HONG KONG BUSINESSES IN GUANGDONG ALONE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

CHINA.

WE

MORE PEOPLE WORK FOR THAN IN THE WHOLE OF OUR

FROM THIS YEAR WE HAVE WELCOMED A NUMBER OF TOP-LEVEL VISITORS

BUILD THE HELP TO THESE VISITS ARE

THEY IMPORTANT.

OF CHINA WHICH WE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THE MAINLAND

THE FUTURE. NEED TO ESTABLISH SENSIBLE AND WORKABLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEY HAVE ALSO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR CHINESE OFFICIALS TO HEAR THEMSELVES THE COMMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ON THE FIRST OF THE BASIC LAW IN A REMARKABLY OPEN PROCESS OF CONSULTATION.

HONG KONG IS A DYNAMIC, BUSTLING,

SPENT

SUCCESSFUL

FOR DRAFT

SOCIETY FIRST 18 MONTHS OF TIME

AND MEETING

AND WHAT

WITH

A

-

THE

WE

REMARKABLE RECORD OF DEALING WITH CHANGE. DURING MY

A GREAT DEAL HERE AS GOVERNOR I HAVE TALKING TO PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. WHAT I HAVE SEEN

MORE CONVINCED THAT

-

WE HAVE WE

FACE. AND I HOPE AFTERNOON WILL HAVE ΤΟ THINK DETERMINED

ΤΟ IMPROVING THE

I HAVE HEARD - MAKES ME MORE AND

THE DIFFICULTIES ABILITY

TO OVERCOME AND THE WILL

POPULATION. PRAGMATIC HAVE A HARD WORKING, SKILLED AND THAT MY ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS SHOWN THAT WE

A GOVERNMENT HAVE LONG-TERM AND DETERMINED TO GIVE AN ENERGETIC LEAD LIFE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG BOTH NOW AND WELL INTO THE FUTURE.

WHICH

IS

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