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we had 2.2 million tourists, about 40%

of the figure last year;

we had no bank building higher than 20

stories, no Exchange Square (but 4

Stock Exchanges) no Academy for the Performing Arts, no Tsim Sha Tsui East,

170 Aberdeen TUNNA Į and no airport

tunnel.

101.

Let us now use our

slightly more than 10

will be

Special

Republic of China.

legislature.

imagination to look ahead

years. In the year 2000, Hong Kong Administrative

Region of the People's

It will have a wholly elected

The Chief Executive, and all the most senior

Government officials, will be Hong Kong Chinese. They will exercise a high degree of autonomy in the administration of Hong Kong. The SAR will be

leading regional and

international commercial and financial centre in which

Foreign nationals

will play an important part. And it will

be playing 2 full role in a wide variety of international organisations.

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/102.

Physically,

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