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It is more than a quarter of a century since I

first came to Hong Kong. It is

a great privilege to

as Governor to work on behalf of the

return now

сир Cup territory a place for which, ever since I first came

here, I have felt great admiration and affection. During

the past 25 years Hong Kong has developed enormously,

both materially and in the cohesiveness and stability of its society. The sense of belonging to Hong Kong is much

stronger than when I first came here. There are few

other places in the world which have made such rapid and

comprehensive progress in such a short time. That this

has happened is a tribute to the flexibility and

adaptability of our economy and to

resourcefulness of our people.

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the energy and

Nevertheless, much remains to be done. We need

to consolidate the gains of the past and to build on them

to achieve the improvements in Our community that we would all like to see. The best way to achieve this goal

is constantly to look ahead, and face up to, the economic

and social needs and challenges of the future and to make

sensible plans to deal with them. This we intend to do.

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Legislative