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SINCE LAST THIS COUNCIL MET WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES. WE ARE STILL IN DIFFICULT TIMES. WE MUST NOW WORK TOGETHER TO SHOW THE WORLD, ONCE AGAIN, THAT HONG KONG CAN TRIUMPH THROUGH ADVERSITY AND THAT THIS REMARKABLE PLACE, WHICH WILL ALWAYS BE HOME TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF ITS PEOPLE, WILL SURVIVE AND PROSPER THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF US ALL. FOR MY OWN PART I WILL WORK UNTIRINGLY TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE. I AM CONFIDENT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE SAME COMMON AND UNITED ΑΙΜ.

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