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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1990

"JUST 10 YEARS AGO. OVER 600.000 PEOPLE STILL LIVED IN SQUATTER HUTS. THEY COVERED MANY OF OUR URBAN HILLSIDES. ALL THIS HAS BEEN CHANGED DRAMATICALLY WITH THE BUILDING OF LARGE NUMBERS OF NEW HOUSING PROJECTS.

"MANY OF THESE NEW HOMES ARE IN COMPLETELY NEW TOWNS. THEY HAVE GROWN UP WHERE THERE USED TO BE FIELDS AND SEA

FOR EXAMPLE LIKE SHA TIN, WHICH HAS JUST CELEBRATED ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY.

"IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF OUR HOUSING WILL GO ON. IT WILL BE ONE OF OUR MAJOR TASKS IN THE 1990S. IF WE CAN MANAGE TO CARRY OUT OUR PRESENT PLANS. THEN WITHIN ONLY A FEW YEARS ALL THE SQUATTERS IN OUR URBAN AREAS WILL BE REHOUSED.

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"IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISN'T JUST A MATTER OF WE WANT TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SAFE AND PLEASANT. TO DEAL WITH THE MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS

то REDUCE NOTRE POLLUTION OF OUR AIR AND WATER. ALL OF US HAVE A PART IN THIS EFFORT TO MAKE HONG KONG AN EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE.

"THERE ARE MANY OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH WE SHOULD CONGRATULATE OURSELVES.

HOUSING. WE NEED AND THE

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TO PLAY HEALTHY

OF WHICH WE CAN AND OF

'WITH HONG KONG'S REMARKABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE APPEARANCE OF THE TERRITORY HAS BEEN TOTALLY TRANSFORMED FROM WHAT IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO. WE NOW HAVE AN ULTRA MODERN CITY SKYLINE AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST EFFICIENT MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS.

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"WE HAVE DONE A GREAT DEAL TO BUILD A CITY AND A COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF.

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"THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE IN THIS NEW DECADE. IN THE 19908. FOR EXAMPLE. WE'LL BE STARTING WORK ON THE LARGEST PROJECTS IN HONG KONG'S HISTORY THESE INCLUDE A BRAND NEW AIRPORT AND WHAT IS GOING TO AMOUNT TO A SECOND HARBOUR AS WELL AS DEVELOPING NEW LAND AND BUILDING ROADS AND TUNNELS. ALL OF THIS IS PART OF THE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT HONG KONG REMAINS A MODERN. COMPETITIVE CITY

AND THAT IT'S A CONVENIENT AND A PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.

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ALSO

"WE NOW HAVE OUR OWN INDIGENOUS CULTURE. AN INCREASINGLY LIVELY ARTS AND RECREATION SCENE AND A BOOMING ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA INDUSTRY. WE HAVE BUILT A HONG KONG THAT IS UNIQUE.

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"AS WE ENTER THE 1990S. WE CAN LOOK BACK ON THE PAST 10 YEARS AND WE CAN BE JUSTLY PROUD OF OUR RECORD. THE 1990S ARE GOING TO PRESENT NEW CHANGES AND NEW CHALLENGES. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. IN FACING THEM. WE CAN DRAW STRENGTH FROM WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED IN THE PAST.

"WE KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY WHEN WE ARE DETERMINED AND UNITED TO DO IT.

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