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MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1990

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NEW YEAR WILL BRING NEW CHALLENGES: GOVERNOR

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FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON:

"NINETEEN NINETY SAW A NUMBER OF DRAMATIC POLITICAL EVENTS TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. BECAUSE WE LIVE BY TRADE OUR LIVES ARE INEVITABLY AFFECTED BY WHAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE HONG KONG. OUR GREAT STRENGTH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WE HAVE PROVED OURSELVES BETTER THAN MOST IN RESPONDING TO CHANGE. WHILE OTHERS BRACE THEMSELVES FOR AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN; WE LOOK FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS THE HONG KONG WAY.

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"THE NEW YEAR WILL BRING NEW CHALLENGES. ON THE POLITICAL FRONT WE HAVE ELECTIONS AT ALL THREE LEVELS

DISTRICT BOARDS, MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. I HOPE PEOPLE - FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WILL BE PREPARED TO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO SERVING THE PUBLIC AND WILL COME FORWARD AND TAKE PART IN THESE ELECTIONS.

"WE MUST ALSO CONTINUE TO BUILD UP OUR COMMUNITY BY EXPANDING EDUCATION; MAINTAINING A HIGH STANDARD OF LAW AND ORDER; IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT; AND PLANNING FOR THE LONGER TERM DEVELOPMENT OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE NEED TO PLAN AND ACT NOW SO THAT THE HONG KONG OF THE 1990S IS BOTH A PLACE WORTH LIVING IN AND A HELPFUL PARTNER IN THE GROWING PROSPERITY OF SOUTHERN CHINA AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE.

"IN FACING THESE NEW CHALLENGES I AM SURE THIS REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO RESPOND AS ENERGETICALLY AND SUCCESSFULLY AS IT HAS IN THE PAST.

"MY FAMILY JOINS ME IN WISHING ALL THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS 1991.

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SECOND ROUND OF NEW AIRPORT TALKS IN PEKING

TALKS

AND

THE BETWEEN

EXPERTS CHINESE A SECOND ROUND OF

WILL BE HELD IN PEKING BETWEEN EXPERTS FROM HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

NEW HONG KONG AIRPORT AND RELATED 10 AND 12 JANUARY 1991 ON THE

WILL BE LED BY MR HAMISH PROJECTS. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TEAM

MR WILLIAM MACLEOD, SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY, IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE

MR ECONOMIST, MR K.Y. TANG, GOVERNMENT EHRMAN, POLITICAL ADVISER,

AFFAIRS, MR RAFAEL DARWIN CHEN, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL

WORKS, AND MS DENISE YUB, PRINICIPAL SECRETARY FOR HUI, DEPUTY ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TEAM WILL BE LED BY LUO JIAHUAN, DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG & MACAU RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE HONG KONG& MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL. IT WILL ALSO

THE HEAD OF

PLANNING DEPARTMENT MR WANG YIPING, INCLUDE

OF NCNA HONG COMMISSION, MR ZOU MU, HEAD OF THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT

OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH, MR CHEN ZUO'ER, DEPUTY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR

SUN YANHENG, CHINESE KONG AND MACAU OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL, MR SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SINO-BRITISH LAND COMMISSION, AND MR ZHOU

OF THE

CHINA HONG KONG ZHENXING, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER BRANCH

BANK OF

STATI

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