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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1989 JUNE 21, 1989

"WHILST WE SHOULD NOT FORGET WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN MUST LOOK TO OUR OWN FUTURE,' HE SAID.

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THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE WERE MASSIVE AND FAR-REACHING PLANS FOR FOR IMPROVING THE FUTURE: FOR DEVELOPING SOCIAL PROGRAMMES ; ENVIRONMENT: AND FOR BUILDING AN ECONOMY WHICH WOULD ENABLE HONG TO SURVIVE AND PROSPER WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.

KONG

"THE

SAID.

GOVERNMENT WILL BE PRESSING AHEAD WITH THESE

PLANS," HE

NOTING THAT HONG KONG HAD BEEN THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES. AND WAS STILL IN DIFFICULT TIMES, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO SHOW

ONCE

CAN THE WORLD.

AGAIN, THAT HONG

TRIUMPH THROUGH KONG ADVERSITY AND THAT THIS REMARKABLE PLACE, WHICH WILL ALWAYS BE HOME TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF ITS PEOPLE, WILL SURVIVE AND PROSPER THROUGH EFFORTS OF US ALL."

"FOR

MY OWN PART

TO ACHIEVE UNTIRINGLY I WILL WORK OBJECTIVE. I AM CONFIDENT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WILL THE SAME COMMON AND UNITED AIM," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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THIS

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THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE EVENTS IN PEKING AND PARTS OF CHINA HAD SHAKEN CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG, THEY HAD PRODUCED A STRONG SENSE OF UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY HERE.

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OF

"ONE SIGN OF THIS HAS BEEN THE CONSENSUS REACHED BY MEMBERS

DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS ON THE SHAPE AND SPEED OF FUTURE POLITICAL IN THE TERRITORY.

BOTH

THE VARIOUS

"IF THE POSITION AGREED BY OMELCO IS ACCEPTED BY POLITICAL GROUPINGS IN THE TERRITORY, WE SHALL HAVE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEKING

A WIDE CONSENSUS ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE DIVERGENT VIEWS OF RECENT YEARS. SIR DAVID SAID.

LONG

REPLACE

THIS, HE SAID, WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND MORE THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CERTAINLY WISH TO REFLECT THIS DESIRE FOR A

IN PLANNING THE EVOLUTION OF RAPID PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT POLITICAL SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

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WHICH

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"FURTHERMORE WE WOULD HAVE ACHIEVED THE COMMON HONG KONG THE DRAFTERS OF THE BASIC LAW HAVE WANTED TO SEE TO CARRY OUT THEIR IMPORTANT WORK, HE ADDED.

VIEW HELP THEM

CONSENSUS

SIR DAVID SAID THAT ANOTHER ELEMENT IN THIS EMERGING WAS THE COMMON WISH FOR A BILL OF RIGHTS OR EQUIVALENT LEGISLATION SAFEGUARD EXISTING FREEDOMS.

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HE SAID THE ADMINISTRATION WAS ALREADY WORKING HARD ON THE BEST OPTION TO PURSUE. AND THAT HE WOULD SAY MORE ABOUT THIS IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL IN OCTOBER.

IN THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT THE RECENT EVENTS HAD ALSO PRODUCED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY A STRONG DESIRE FOR GREATER ASSURANCES ABOUT THEIR OWN PERSONAL FUTURE.

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