XN000022-1990-04-18 — Page 2

1

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1990

HONG KONG SPIRIT IS KEY TO CONFIDENCE: CHIEF SECRETARY

IS

ONE OF THE REASONS TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE

TERRITORY THE HONG KONG SPIRIT FOR WHICH ONE WILL HAVE TO LIVE IN THE ΤΟ UNDERSTAND IT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID IN TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

11

TOKYO

LIKE THE LIFE

'ALL THE OTHER INGREDIENTS ARE OF COURSE IMPORTANT, INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF A BODY. BUT IT IS THE SPIRIT WHICH BREATHES INTO THE WHOLE, AND HONG KONG IS FULL OF IT," SIR DAVID SAID.

SECRETARY

THE JAPAN NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, THE CHIEF ADDRESSING SAID HONG KONG HAD ALWAYS BEEN VULNERABLE TO OUTSIDE EVENTS WHETHER IT THE WAS ECONOMIC FLUCTUATION, POLITICAL CHANGE OR THE DEVASTATION OF

OCCASIONAL TYPHOON.

ABOVE PEOPLE OF

"BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS SURVIVED THESE BUFFETINGS AND RISEN THEM TO SURPRISE THE WORLD, THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE

H HE ADDED. HONG KONG WHICH DEFIES THE ELEMENTS AND ALWAYS WILL,

THE CHIEF SECRETARY URGED THOSE WHO HAD NOT ALREADY CITY TO COME AND EXPERIENCE IT THEMSELVES.

SEEN THE

SIR DAVID SAID THERE WERE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE SHOULD BE CONFIDENT IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE:

*

BECAUSE CHINA IS COMMITTED, THROUGH A AGREEMENT LODGED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, TO PRESERVING IN ITS CURRENT FORM;

FORMAL

INTERNATIONAL

IT

BECAUSE

KONG HONG

IS SO

VITALLY IMPORTANT

TO

CHINA

ECONOMICALLY;

BECAUSE

OUR ROLE AS A GREAT PORT CITY IS

ONE DICTATED

BY

GEOGRAPHY;

*

BECAUSE WE ARE DETERMINED TO IMPROVE ON NATURE'S GIFTS;

*

BECAUSE, DESPITE EMIGRATION, MORE THAN FIVE MILLION WORLD'S MOST RESOURCEFUL CAPITALISTS WILL STILL BE THERE;

OF THE

BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS AND THE PEOPLE THEM WILL CONTINUE IN PLACE; AND

WHO RUN

BECAUSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE IN HONG KONG VALUE OF THIS TO CHINA'S OWN DEVELOPMENT.

AND THE

/SIR DAVID