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In his Annual Address to the Legislative Council last week Hong Kong's Governor spoke of the need for leadership. Hong Kong is crying out not just for leadership, but for dynamic,
decisive
and imaginative leadership. We speak out issue vital
on
to
the
need someone boldly which really counts: getting Hong Kong people
break barrier
the psychological
to
which stands between chem and the nation they Will rejoin in seven years' time.
Disappointingly, sir David Wilson did not touch on this vital issue. Instead, Hong Kong people were given a few deserved pats on the beck and ય bubbly bowl of goodies. Overall, Sir David appeared to be speaking more
the internacional community Shan to the local community.
TO
suze,
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Rong Xong T is
cosmopolitan city and overseas
investor
confidence
is
important. We need foreign expertise, foreign investment, foreign
commercial
and
representation here.
real
industrial, financial
But essential to Hong Kong's continued
economic súccess is a community with confidence in itself
and
future stability.
cannot
confidence
This
be
# Hong Chinese
achieved without the people's full commitment to
Reng
under
sovereignty, and all that goes with it.
2/89 For those who have made up their minds to emigrate, confidence is irrelevant. So is the. rest of Sir David's offerings. But
the great majority will stay and wil1 become a part of the Chinese nation. They have to be told where their real interests lie. They have to be told the necessity of moving forward in tandem with China. They have to be told that confrontation should
dictate the relationship between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the mainland. After 1997 there will be systems, which everyone seems to remember: but there will also he one country, which most appear to forget.
not
two
Sir David's speech has been almost universally acclained
of
One
the
most
constructive speeches heard ir the territory in recent years - not surprisingly, with More than $100 billion's worth of construction work to follow.
future.
The
Hong Kong people must givQ serious thought to whether this will mean mortgaging the territory's Government may be on the right track but WE have not beet told specifically how these projects are going financed.
massive
to
be
And what is China's role in this
development programme which is intended to carry Hong Kong into the 21st Century nine years after the transfer of sovereignty?
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