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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1989

PEOPLE MUST BELIEVE IN HK'S FUTURE: CS

TO DEAL WITH THE CURRENT PROBLEMS EFFECTIVELY. WE MUST NOT ONLY BELIEVE IN OURSELVES, WE MUST CONVINCE THE PEOPLE OF THEY CAN BELIEVE IN HONG KONG. IN THEIR OWN FUTURE IMPORTANTLY IN A FUTURE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, THE CHIEF HON SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY WEDNESDAY).

HONG KONG THAT HERE, AND MOST SECRETARY, THE

THE LEGISLATIVE

"THAT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP," SIR DAVID SAID IN COUNCIL IN CONCLUDING HIS SPEECH IN THE DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS.

HE THANKED THE GOVERNOR FOR GIVING THE LEAD BY CHARTING THE CLEAREST POSSIBLE COURSE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO FOLLOW.

HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG DID NOT LIE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ALONE.

"BY 1997 THERE WILL BE NO OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL; THAT FORMAL CHANGE. ENSHRINED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION. SIGNIFIES A MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WAY HONG KONG IS TO BE GOVERNED. A GROWTH IN THE INFLUENCE OF NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS AND A NEED FOR LEADERS TO EMERGE FROM THE COMMUNITY. HE SAID,

SIR DAVID SAID THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S POLITICAL SYSTEM WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT TREND, BUT TO MAKE IT WORK WELL HONG KONG NEEDED RESPONSIBLE, EXPERIENCED PEOPLE TO TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE AND DEVOTE THEIR FULL TIME ENERGIES TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

"HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE A WELL DESERVED REPUTATION FOR DEVOTING THEIR TIME TO WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE GOOD PEOPLE WILL COME FORWARD TO HELF LEAD HONG KONG INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.

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HOWEVER. HE NOTED THAT PROVIDING LEADERSHIP WOULD NOT BE EASY AND THE POLITICAL AND OTHER PRESSURES MIGHT BE GREAT.

ON

"BUT AS LONG AS WE STICK UNSWERVINGLY ΤΟ THE PRINCIPLES WHICH HONG KONG'S SUCCESS HAS BEEN BUILT. THE RULE OF LAW AND THE FREEDOM OF THE INDIVIDUAL (PRINCIPLES WHICH ARE ENSHRINED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW WE WILL BE ABLE то PROVIDE THE BEST HOPE OF HONG KONG'S SUCCESS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE." SIR DAVID SAID.

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