XN000022-1990-03-01 — Page 4

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1990

"IT

SEEMS TO ME THAT THE MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEMS WE FACE ARE NOT THE PRACTICAL TANGIBLE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT WE CAN DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH THOSE. THE PROBLEMS OF TODAY ARE IN OUR MINDS. WE FOCUS OUR WORRIES ON AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.

"BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO BE PREOCCUPIED WITH THE FUTURE ARE WE NOT IN DANGER OF INCREASING THAT UNCERTAINTY BY FAILING TO RECOGNISE AND SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE NOW TO BUILD A SOLID BASE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY?

"AND SO THE SOLUTION TO MOST OF OUR PROBLEMS ARE HERE, WITH US IN HONG KONG, NOT IN CHINA AND NOT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM," SIR DAVID SAID.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG WAS NOW FIRMLY ESTABLISHED AS ONE OF THE COMMERCIAL CAPITALS OF THE WORLD, WITH A MATURE AND STABLE ECONOMY.

"THE SAME SPIRIT AND DETERMINATION WHICH BROUGHT ABOUT THAT MATERIAL SUCCESS MUST SURELY NOW BE DIRECTED TOWARDS MAKING THE FUTURE CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR HONG KONG WORK, AND WORK WELL, HB

SAID.

ΤΟ

"THOSE WHO WOULD LEAD HONG KONG OWE IT TO ALL WHO ARE PROUD CALL HONG KONG THEIR HOMES AND WHOSE FUTURE RESTS HERE, TO SEIZE THAT CHALLENGE WITH BOTH HANDS, AND SO ENABLE HONG KONG TO GO FORWARD ΤΟ THE NEXT CENTURY WITH CONFIDENCE, SIR DAVID SAID.

STAND TOGETHER AND MAKE + 91 ELECTIONS A SUCCESS

THE HON RONALD ARCULLI APPEALED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY) ΤΟ THOSE WHO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO HONG KONG, BELIEVING THAT THE TERRITORY HAS THE ABILITY ΤΟ CONTINUE TO STRIVE AND PROSPER, TO STAND TOGETHER IN MAKING NEXT YEAR'S DIRECT A RESOUNDING SUCCESS.

ELECTIONS

SPEAKING ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE MOTION DEBATE ON THE FUTURE POLITICAL SYSTEM, MR ARCULLI SAID HE SUPPORTED THE MOTION MOVED BY THE SENIOR MEMBER, THE HON ALLEN LEE.

HE COMMENTED THAT CRITICISMS COULD NEVER CORRECT PREJUDICE, BUT ACTION, PRACTICE AND PERSUASION MIGHT IN HONG KONG'S BID FOR DEMOCRACY.

IT WOULD NOT SERVE ANY USEFUL PURPOSE TO CONTINUE LASHING OUT AT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT FOR NOT HEEDING OUR WISHES, OR AT WHITEHALL FOR YET ANOTHER SELLOUT.

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