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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992.

SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE OF MARKET ECONOMY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

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HONG KONG HAS NOT ONLY ESTABLISHED CREATED A SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE OF A SUCCESSFUL MARKET ECONOMY BUT HAS ALSO SHOWN HOW A MARKET ECONOMY CAN BE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND LOOK AFTER THE INEVITABLE CASUALTIES IN OUR SOCIETY, THE GOVERNOR, THE ᎡᎢ HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TONIGHT (MONDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, MR PATTEN SAID THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION THAT HONG KONG WAS PURELY INTERESTED IN MATERIALISTIC VALUES, AND THAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG DIDN'T CARE MUCH ABOUT SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

"YOU IN THE COUNCIL IN YOUR 45 YEARS HAVE DONE MORE THAN ANYONE TO SHOW WHAT NONSENSE THAT IS, BECAUSE YOU REALLY DID BLAZE THE TRAIL YOU LED GOVERNMENT INTO TAKING IT'S SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES MORE SERIOUSLY FROM THE TIME YOU WERE FOUNDED 45 YEARS AGO," HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT MUCH OF THE PIONEERING WORK, MUCH OF THE MOST PROFESSIONAL WORK DONE IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE FIELD, HAD BEEN DONE OVER THE YEARS BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS WHICH WERE ABLE VERY OFTEN TO TAKE RISKS IN A WAY WHICH WAS MORE DIFFICULT FOR GOVERNMENT.

"YOU WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH GOVERNMENT AND THAT HELPS TO MAKE THIS A MORE AGREEABLE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THAN WOULD OTHERWISE BE THE CASE. YOU HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH GOVERNMENT FOR

EXAMPLE, IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL AND AS WELL IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE GREEN PAPER SERVICES," MR PATTEN SAID,

WELFARE,

ON REHABILITATION

THE GOVERNOR SAID WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 7, HE WOULD SPEAK ABOUT THE TWO DOCUMENTS.

"I WILL BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE BEYOND CONTRADICTION, EXCEPT CONCEIVABLY IN ONE OR TWO PREDICTABLE QUARTERS, THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THIS COMMUNITY BOTH TO INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH MAKES IT'S FUTURE GROWTH POSSIBLE, AND AT THE SAME TIME TO MEET IT'S SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS, IT'S EDUCATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, IN FULL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE COMMUNITY IN GENERATING RESOURCES,

막 HE SAID.

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