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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1991

HE REMINDED MEMBERS THAT INCREASED FUNDING COULD ONLY COME FROM FURTHER ECONOMIC GROWTH.

ΤΟ BRING THE COUNCIL, THE

"IN THIS SESSION ALONE, THE ADMINISTRATION EXPECTS MORE THAN A HUNDRED ITEMS OF LEGISLATION BEFORE GOVERNOR SAID.

THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME WOULD MAKE AN IMPORTANT ΤΟ TACKLING HONG KONG'S MAJOR PROBLEMS AND IMPROVING THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

HE CITED THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES:

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CONTRIBUTION QUALITY OF

AGAINST

DESIGNED DRUG

MEMBERS WOULD BE PRESENTED WITH IMPORTANT PROPOSALS

то AND

HELP THE FIGHT TRIADS ΤΟ COMBAT TRAFFICKING.

THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST SIX BILLS AIMED EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS OF ORDINARY WORKERS.

AT IMPROVING THE

THERE WOULD BE BILLS TO PROTECT WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM ABUSE IN THE HOME.

BILLS

WOULD AIM TO BRING HONG SEVERAL LEGISLATION INTO LINE WITH THE BILL OF RIGHTS.

KONG'S

EXISTING

- A SERIES OF MEASURES

POLLUTION.

SIR DAVID

INCREASE WOULD

THE CONTROLS ON

ΤΟ DEAL IN AND LEGISLATIVE

SAID HE DID NOT INTEND IN HIS SPEECH DETAIL WITH ALL THESE IMPORTANT POLICY INITIATIVES PROPOSALS.

"MEMBERS WILL, I AM SURE, MAKE FULL USE OF THIS DEBATE TO RAISE THOSE AREAS WITH WHICH THEY ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED," HE SAID.

**THE ADMINISTRATION LOOKS FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR

ADDED.

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VIEWS, HE

ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR 1992 LOOK GOOD

(WEDNESDAY) THAT GOVERNMENT FORECAST OF ECONOMIC

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR 1992 LOOK GOOD, AND THE HAS BEEN ABLE TO REVISE UPWARDS ITS EARLIER GROWTH THIS YEAR TO ABOUT FOUR PER CENT.

SIR DAVID

IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SAID THERE WERE GOOD GROUNDS FOR BEING REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IN THE MEDIUM TERM.

HE NOTED THAT THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION WAS FROM WHEN HE LAST ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL.

VERY DIFFERENT

"IN OCTOBER