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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990
"OUR THIRD UNIVERSITY IS NEAR COMPLETION.
OUR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE OUR PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT BY IMPLEMENTING THE WIDE-RANGING AND DETAILED PROPOSALS IN THE WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION WILL CONTINUE TO BEAR FRUITS IN THE COMING DECADE.
"AND WE PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR A DRAFT WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1990S AND BEYOND, SIR DAVID SAID.
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HE STRESSED THAT AS FAR AS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANNING DECISIONS WERE CONCERNED, WHICH COVERED SUCH ARRAS AS SOCIAL SERVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, 1997 WAS NOT A SIGNIFICANT DATE.
"WHEN I SIT DOWN WITH THE POLICY SECRETARIES AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS I AM OFTEN STRUCK BY HOW MUCH IS GOING ON IN EACH OF THEIR AREAS OF ACTIVITY.
"THERE IS
NOT ONE OF THEM WHO DOES NOT HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LONG TERM PLAN FOR THE FUTURE STRETCHING WELL BEYOND THE END OF THIS CENTURY. AND THEY ARE ENTHUSIASTICALLY DETERMINED то SEE THEM THROUGH, SIR DAVID SAID.
KONG
"THIS CONSISTENCY AND DETERMINATION IS IMPORTANT FOR HONG BECAUSE IN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE WE MUST NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE DISTRACTED BY IMMEDIATE OR SHORT-TERM WORRIES, SUCH AS THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH 1997," SIR DAVID SAID.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THE GOVERNOR IN HIS QUIET AND DETERMINED WAY HAD SET DOWN FAR SIGHTED PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS WHICH WOULD DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HONG KONG IN THE NEXT CENTURY.
HE
SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD GIVEN THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG A VISION OF THE FUTURE BASED ON A CONFIDENT BUT REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WAS POSSIBLE IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
HOWEVER, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID TO MAKE THAT VISION A REALITY THE GOVERNMENT MUST CARRY THROUGH THE PLANS WITH DETERMINATION AND
ENTHUSIASM.
COLLEAGUES.
"THERE IS NO LACK OF EITHER OF THESE QUALITIES AMONGST MY WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT GIVEN THE SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY WE CAN, IN THE TIME HONOURED HONG KONG WAY, THE GOODS ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET, SIR DAVID SAID.
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