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THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1932

AS YOU KNOW, I DON'T COME TODAY AS A STRANGER TO THE TERRITORY.

A BACKBENCH MEMBER I HAVE VISITED HONG KONG BOTH AS

OF PARLIAMENT AND AS A MINISTER. BUT I HAVE NEVER LIVED HERE, AND NOR HAS MY FAMILY. MY WIFE, LAVENDER, MY DAUGHTERS LAURA, ALICE AND KATE (WHO IS NOT HERE THE PROSPECT OF TODAY) JOIN WITH ME IN EXPRESSING OUR ENTHUSIASM AT MAKING OUR HOME IN HONG KONG AND GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.

COURSE, OF

THE

OF

CONSIDERABLE HAS BEEN A FRIEND FOR HONG KONG, MARVELLOUSLY ARE BOTH HELD IN HIGH DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS AS ANY MAN DONE AS MUCH

BENEFIT OF ONE ANOTHER HIS

AM, I

VERY MUCH AWARE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MY PREDECESSOR, LORD WILSON MANY YEARS. HE WAS AN EXCELLENT GOVERNOR OF THEY SUPPORTED BY LADY WILSON. I KNOW THAT

THROUGHOUT HIS REGARD AND MUCH AFFECTION. DIPLOMAT AND THEN GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON HAS TO STRENGTHEN THE BONDS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA TO THE HONG KONG; TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT OUR NATIONS UNDERSTAND BETTER; AND ABOVE ALL TO SERVE YOU, THE PEOPLE OF THIS TERRITORY. HAS BEEN AN EXEMPLARY CAREER OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

ALL MY ENERGY ΤΟ

KONG OF HONG

AS STRONGLY

FOR MY OWN PART, I PLEDGE MYSELF TO DEVOTE REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE AND WISELY AS I CAN.

I WILL STAND UP FOR HONG KONG AS COURTEOUSLY AND FIRMLY.

YOU WOULD WISH ME то

DO,

WE

I SAID A MOMENT AGO THAT

TWO MUST TURN "ONE COUNTRY, REALITY. BUT LET US SYSTEMS" FROM ASPIRATION TO

LET US BEGIN WITH THIS QUESTION, WHAT ARE THE HALLMARKS OF HONG KONG'S SYSTEM?

OF LIFE IS THE RULE THE BEDROCK OF YOUR WAY GUARANTEES FAIR AND EQUITABLE TREATMENT FOR EVERYONE. IT YOUR DEALINGS,

PERSONAL AND

FINANCIAL.

OF LAW THAT GOVERNS ALL INDEPENDENT BECAUSE NO

AN YOU HAVE

CONFIDENCE.

JUDICIARY IN WHICH EVERY INDIVIDUAL CAN HAVE ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW, THE LAW SERVES EVERYONE.

PEOPLE IN HONG KONG BUSINESS WITHOUT CONSTANT INTERFERENCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT. YOU FREEDOM OF WORSHIP AND SPEECH.

ENJOY THE

ΤΟ FREEDOM

GO

ABOUT YOUR

ENJOY

IN WHICH THERE IS

YOU HAVE AS WELL A GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AT EVERY LEVEL, A SUPPORTED BY A FINE PUBLIC SERVICE.

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT

EXAMPLE FLOURISHING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, HONG KONG IS THE BEST

IS OPEN. IN TWO IN THE POST-WAR WORLD OF AN OPEN MARKET ECONOMY. IT

WHO WORK IN IT; AND SENSES; OPEN TO ALL THE MANY TALENTS OF THOSE OPEN TO THE WORLD WITH WHICH IT TRADES WITH SUCH SPECTACULAR SUCCESS.

SYSTEM. THE JOINT

THESE ARE THE DISTINCTIVE QUALITIES OF OUR DECLARATION GUARANTEES THAT THEY WILL ALL BE PRESERVED FOR THE FUTURE. LOOKING TO THAT FUTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE FIVE

BRIEF POINTS THIS

AFTERNOON,

/TRET, WE