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SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1990

HK PRESENTS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 90'S

THE NINETIES IN HONG KONG PRESENT AN EXCITING PERIOD, A PERIOD OF CHANGES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY BALL OF THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (JAYCEE).

MR CHUI SAID BEING PLACED IN AN ADVANTAGEOUS AND STRATEGIC POSITION, HONG KONG'S ASPIRATION WAS ΤΟ CONTINUE TO PROSPER AS A LEADING WORLD-CLASS CITY FOR FINANCE AND BUSINESS, FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY AS AND WHEN THE PACIFIC RIM FLOURISHED AND PROGRESSED.

TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC REGIONS IN THE WORLD FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EXPANSION DEPENDED ON TWO BASIC REQUIREMENTS AND FACTORS, HE SAID.

"THE FIRST IS HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS FROM A SYSTEM OF FREE TRADE, OF POSITIVE NON-INTERVENTION BY GOVERNMENT, BY THE CONFIDENT EXPECTATION THAT ITS EFFICIENCY, RELIABILITY, AND TRUSTWORTHINESS WILL BE SUSTAINED AND ENHANCED.

"FOR THIS, IT IS NECESSARY FOR HONG KONG'S EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES TO CONTINUE ΤΟ GO FROM STRENGTH то STRENGTH, PRODUCING MEN AND WOMEN WITH KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY, TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWHOW AND EXPERTISE ΤΟ KEEP UP WITH SOPHISTICATION AND COMPLEXITY OF OUR MODERN AGE."

AND THE

THE

HONG

COMMENTING ON THE SUCCESS THAT DEPENDED ON THE QUALITY OF KONG'S LEADERS, MR CHUI SAID THIS IN TURN DEPENDED ON LEADERSHIP TRAINING WHICH HE NOTED WAS A BASIC OBJECTIVE OF THE JAYCEE CREED.

MR CHUI COMMENDED THE JAYCEE FOR ITS MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG IN PRODUCING LEADERS OF HIGH CALIBRE OVER THE PAST DECADES WHO HAD SERVED THE TERRITORY WITH DISTINCTION IN VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE.

"THAT MISSION WILL BE EVEN MORE DEMANDING AND ESSENTIAL AS HONG KONG PREPARES ITSELF FOR THE NINETIES, HE ADDED.

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MR CHUI SAID THE SECOND ESSENTIAL FACTOR WAS HONG KONG'S WAY OF LIFE, WITH ITS WELL CHERISHED FREEDOM AND LIBERTIES WHICH ENABLED INDIVIDUAL TALENTS OF ALL TYPES TO BLOSSOM AND FLOURISH.

"THAT INCLUDES THE ENCOURAGEMENT

OF CREATIVITY, THE RESPECT

FOR BASIC VALUES, THE UNFETTERED EXPRESSION OF ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL TALENT, AND THE NURTURING AND MATURING OF A VOLUNTARY SPIRIT OF PARTICIPATION AND COMPETITION,

ENDEAVOUR

JJ

"THIS KEEN URGE AND

FOR SELF BETTERMENT, THIS ENTREPRENEURIAL IMAGINATION AND DYNAMISM, THIS FIGHTING SPIRIT ΤΟ CONQUER AND SURMOUNT DIFFICULTIES NO MATTER HOW THE TOTAL DRIVING FORCE THAT HAS SHAPED HONG CONCLUDED.

DAUNTING CONSTITUTE KONG'S DESTINY," HE

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