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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1991

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HK GOING THROUGH THREE CRUCIAL CHANGES: GOVERNOR

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THE

GOVERNOR,

SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE

IS GOING COUNCIL THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON THAT HONG KONG

THROUGH THREE CRUCIAL CHANGES WHICH ARE SHAPING OUR FUTURE AND ALL OF THEM RAISE THE ISSUE OF HOW TO MANAGE THE TRANSITION TO 1997.

THESE THREE CHANGES WERE IN CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SOCIETY BY THE

THE PROGRAMMES FOR DEVELOPING THE ECONOMY AND GOVERNMENT'S AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

PHYSICAL

1991/92 THE GOVERNOR, IN HIS ANNUAL POLICY ADDRESS TO OPEN THE

A SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SAID: "FOR THE FIRST TIME,

THIS IS A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN ELECTED. LANDMARK IN THE PROCESS OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

KONG

OF TO CHINESE

"AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE OVER HALF-WAY BETWEEN THE SIGNING

HONG AND THE REVERSION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION SOVEREIGNTY IN 1997," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

HE

PEOPLE'S STAGE.

ALSO POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG'S REPUBLIC HAD

AND ENTERED A NEW, CLOSER

RELATIONSHIP

MORE

WITH THE SIGNIFICANT

SIR DAVID SAID THE HONG KONG SOCIETY WAS ITSELF PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION. INCREASED EDUCATION AND RISING PROSPERITY BROUGHT HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.

UNDERGOING A

"WE HAVE

ALREADY LAUNCHED

ΤΟ

WHICH

MAJOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE TERRITORY ON

| HE SAID. THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE COMMUNITY DEPENDS,

THESE

SURE

THAT NEXT CENTURY DISADVANTAGED

PROGRAMMES, HE ADDED, WERE DESIGNED TO MAKE HONG KONG WOULD BE ONE OF ASIA'S LEADING CITIES OF THE WHICH WAS PROSPEROUS; PEACEFUL; AND PROTECTIVE OF MEMBERS, ITS CHILDREN AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

ITS

SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD REVIEW IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS GOVERNMENT PLANNED TO MANAGE THESE THREE CHANGES.

SIR

DAVID WELCOMED ALL MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL, NEW TO THIS CHAMBER AND THOSE WHO HAD RETURNED

WERE SERVICE.

HOW THE

THOSE

BOTH

WHO AFTER PREVIOUS

"TO ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL WORKS AS A WHOLE REGARDLESS OF WHICH DOOR MEMBERS HAVE ENTERED BY, I SHOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE A VITAL CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE IN ALL THE THREE AREAS OF CHANGE I HAVE JUST MENTIONED," HE SAID.

THAT WITH THE

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE PUBLIC LOOKED TO MEMBERS TO ENSURE THE ADMINISTRATION REMAINED IN THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE TOUCH

WITH ITS ANXIETIES AS WELL AS ITS ASPIRATIONS.

COMMUNITY

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/"THE ADMINISTRATION