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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1991

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'MOVES TOWARDS MORE REPRESENTATIVE FORHJ OF GOVERNMENT ΤΟ DEVELOP A GREATER SENSE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

AFFAIRS.

SHOULD

IN PUBLIC

"AND RISING STANDARDS OF EDUCATION MEAN A WIDER APPRECIATION IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPARTIAL JUSTICE AND THE STATUS OF THOSE CHOSEN TO JUDGE THEIR FELLOW MEN," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

ANOTHER ELEMENT IN STRENGTHENING THE LEGAL TRADITIONS, SAID SIR UNDERSTOOD HOW IMPORTANT THEY DAVID, WOULD BE TO ENSURE THAT CHINA

WERE TO HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND WAY OF LIFE,

"WE ARE DOING THIS THROUGH OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED CHANNELS LIKE

THE THE

ARE

INFORMAL LIAISON

BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT JOINT

GROUP.

WHICH HAVE BUSINESS AND SOCIAL CONTACTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA DEVELOPED SO CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST DECADE," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

WERE

HE POINTED OUT THAT RELATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN BORDER NOW MORE LIKE THOSE ACROSS ONE OF THE BORDERS OF EUROPE THAN THROUGH A BAMBOO CURTAIN.

SIMILARITIES

=

"THE RESULT IS A GROWING UNDERSTANDING OF OUR AND OUR DIFFERENCES. AND OF COURSE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES.

**BUT

USE THEM MAKES HONG

WE MUST THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION ARE THERE. CONTINUALLY TO PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING IN CHINA OF WHAT KONG WORK THE WAY IT DOES, INCLUDING ITS RELIANCE ON THE RULE OF AND THE EXERCISE OF IMPARTIAL JUSTICE.

LAW

"JUST

TELL. SAID.

ONLY SUCCESSFUL WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS HOW BUT I BELIEVE WE ARE MAKING SOME GOOD PROGRESS,

TIME

WILL

"

THE GOVERNOR

HONG KONG DETERMINES TO MAINTAIN ITS COMPETITIVENESS: SES

ENSURE

TO

HONG KONG'S AMBITIOUS INFRASTRUCTURAL PROGRAMME IS DESIGNED

A CENTRE OF IT CAN CONTINUE TO PLAY A LEADING ROLE AS THAT INTERNATIONAL TRADE, COMMERCE, FINANCE AND TOURISM IN THE RAPIDLY

ASIA PACIFIC REGION DEVELOPING

WELL INTO THE 21ST SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

CENTURY,

THE

SPEAKING AT THE ASSEMBLY OF PRESIDENTS OF THE ORIENT AIRLINĖS ASSOCIATION, MRS CHAN SAID HONG KONG WAS WELL AWARE OF THE KEEN

WITHIN THE COMPETITION

REGION AND WAS DETERMINED

MAINTAIN ITS

COMPETITIVE EDGE.

TO

'WE INTEND TO BUILD ON THE ADVANTAGES WHICH HISTORY AND HAVE GIVEN US.

NATURE

/"THE CHALLENGES

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