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TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1990

PEOPLE OF STATURE NEEDED IN PUBLIC SERVICE: GOVERNOR

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (TUESDAY) SPOKE OF THE NEED FOR PEOPLE OF STATURE WHO ARE WILLING TO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO PUBLIC SERVICE TO COME OUT INTO THE OPEN AND PLAY THEIR PROPER ROLES IN OUR SOCIETY.

"IN THE PAST WE HAVE EXCELLED IN PRODUCING LEADERS OF INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE. WE NOW NEED PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE VISION TO SET NEW GOALS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE INTEGRITY, COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO SEE THEM THROUGH, HE SAID.

SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING ABOUT HONG KONG'S TASKS AHEAD DURING A LUNCH HOSTED BY THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSONS ASSOCIATION.

ECONOMIC PUTTING

THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT THE KEY TO HONG KONG'S RAPID GROWTH HAD ALWAYS BEEN MAKING SURE THAT WE THOUGHT AHEAD AND THE NECESSARY INVESTMENT INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, CITING THE MASSIVE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PLANS IN THE COMING YEARS.

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"BUT THE RENEWAL AND EXPANSION OF OUR PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WILL NOT ALONE SEE US THROUGH THE CHALLENGES AHEAD, SIR DAVID SAID.

"STILL MORE IMPORTANT ARE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES AND THE QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP, HE ADDED.

SIR DAVID SAID IN THE PACE OF POLITICAL CHANGE WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SECURED EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY IN HONG KONG WANTED, HOWEVER, WHAT HAD BEEN ACHIEVED WOULD PROVIDE A GOOD BASIS ON WHICH WE COULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR OWN UNIQUE SYSTEM WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK DOWN BY THE JOINT DECLARATION.

"THE CHANGES WHICH ARE TO TAKE PLACE IN THE WAY IN WHICH KONG IS ADMINISTERED ARE LARGELY CHANGES OF OUR OWN CHOOSING. HAS BEEN, AND WILL BE, PROGRESSIVELY GREATER INVOLVEMENT OF HONG PEOPLE IN RUNNING THEIR OWN AFFAIRS, HE SAID.

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"THIS WILL DEMAND LEADERSHIP. HONG KONG HAS NEVER LACKED LEADERS IN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. BUT GOVERNMENT HAS GENERALLY BEEN LEFT OFFICIALS, PLUS SOME DEDICATED AND HARDWORKING VOLUNTEERS ON OUR VARIOUS ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, HE ADDED.

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THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE WAS ALMOST NO TRADITION OF FULL-TIME INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS, AND VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE OF ELECTIONS.

"THE TRADITION OF ADMINISTRATION BY CONSULTATION HAS BERN CHANGING. THE CHANGE BEGAN IN THE LATE 70'S WITH GREATER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, LEADING TO ELECTIONS FIRST TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND TO AN EXPANDED FRANCHISE FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL, HE SAID.

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