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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992

GOVERNOR: SAID WAS MERITS, MORNING,

ᎢᎻᎪᎢ .

DEAL

WELL,

WHAT

I

THEM ON

THEIR

ARE

AND

YOU MENTIONED THE QUESTION OF COFFEE. IN MY VIEW, WE COULD, IF WE TACKLED WITH THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES OVER THE AIRPORT IN THE WITH A COFFEE BREAK.

WHICH BUT THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES MORE COMPLICATED AND WHICH WILL TAKE LONGER. I THINK IT'S CONCEIVABLE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO SPEND A LITTLE LONGER TALKING

POLITICAL ABOUT

ISSUES,

BUT TAKE AN ISSUE WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH QUITE SIMPLY

THE AND WITHOUT TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM. AND THAT IS IMPORTANCE OF CO-OPERATING TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF SMUGGLING

SOME THE PROBLEM OF CROSS-BORDER CRIME. I THINK THAT EVERYONE KNOWS

FOR SMUGGLING BEYOND OUR BORDERS.

So, CENTRES

ONE OF THE OF THE

I WILL SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES IN THE

OF GOVERNMENT THINGS THAT

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IS THAT I AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOUR OF STRONG,

OF GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG AND I AM IN FAVOUR EXECUTIVE-LED

ELSEWHERE AS WELL;

WE EXECUTIVE-LED GOVERNMENT

SO THAT, OPERATE AND SUCCESSFULLY DEAL WITH PROBLEMS LIKE SMUGGLING AND BORDER CRIME.

STRONG,

CAN CO- CROSS-

HONG

A

WHAT IS MY BOTTOM LINE, YOU ASKED, MY BOTTOM LINE IS TO GOVERN KONG FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AS HONOURABLY AND HONESTLY AS POSSIBLE; MY BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE ELECTIONS IN 1995 SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN WAY WHICH THE WHOLE COMMUNITY REGARDS AS FAIR AND EQUITABLE AND I VERY MUCH HOPE

EXECUTIVE THAT, AFTER I HAVE DEPARTED, THE CHIEF SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WILL, AFTER HIS FIRST POLICY COME TO THE TOWN HALL IN SHA TIN AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ON IT.

OF

THE SPEECH,

QUESTION:

AND

PREVENTIVE

MORE

SCHOOL WORKERS'

LOT MR GOVERNOR, IN YOU POLICY SPEECH YOU HAVE SAID A ABOUT

THEM OF THINGS

WELFARE BUT MOST OF

WERE ABOUT SOCIAL

ABOUT THE THERE IS NOTHING DEVELOPMENTAL ELDERLY, THE NEEDY AND THE DISABLED.

EXCEPT

60 FOR THE MENTION OF

SOCIAL WORK IS WORKERS.

BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, SCHOOL SOCIAL

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CHIEFLY REMEDIAL RATHER THAN DEVELOPMENTAL. EVENING, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE MENTIONED THE OF DRUG-ABUSE AND YOU SAID IN RESPONSE THAT THERE WILL BE MORE

TACKLE THE PROBLEM

THERE WORKERS

BUT

IS NO MENTION DEVELOPMENTAL AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN YOUR POLICY SPEECH. THINK THESE ARE NOT NECESSARY?

ΤΟ

PROBLEM

SOCIAL

ABOUT

DO YOU

GOVERNOR:

NO, I THINK THEY ARE NECESSARY.

I DO SAY QUITE A

BIT,

FIELD.

I THINK YOU'LL AGREE, ABOUT PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN THE HEALTH

I

THAT. SENDING INTO THAT IS AN BE

I DIDN'T SAY VERY MUCH ABOUT PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE FIELD, BUT YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF REFERRED EARLIER TO SOME OF THE TEAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN AREAS WHERE THERE IS A HIGH INCIDENCE OF JUVENILE CRIME, EXAMPLE OF THE SORT OF IMPORTANT PREVENTIVE MEASURES THAT HAVE TO TAKEN.

I

THAT HAVE TO SAY, IF I CAN ADD ONE FURTHER POINT, THINK THE PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE PUT FORWARD ON EDUCATION. FOR PROVIDING TEACHERS MORE MORE TEACHERS, FOR CUTTING CLASS SIZES AND FOR GIVING ΤΟ SPEND

FOR PREPARING TIME то SPEND WITH PUPILS AND MORE TIME

IN ORDER ΤΟ LESSONS, I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ENSURE THAT

THAT MIGHT

WE PREVENT

OTHERWISE ARISE.

THE SOME OF

SOCIAL

PROBLEMS

/QUESTION: MR