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Speech by the Hon Sir Piers Jacobs, KBE, JP the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong

at Stationers Hall, London

on Thursday, 29 March 1990

Hong Kong : Opportunities in the New Decade

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am delighted to have this opportunity to address

such a distinguished City audience this afternoon.

!

recognise many familiar faces

I

and that is generally

comforting. But it does not diminish the challenge,

because those familiar faces belong to some of the most

informed and possibly, most critical minds

most critical minds in the business

world today.

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How

And I

When I delivered my Budget earlier

earlier this month I

said, and I shall quote myself if I may : "Hong Kong

remains exposed to many uncertainties, but in those

uncertainties, there are opportunities to be grasped.

we respond will be the measure of our success.

concluded by saying that the coming years were rich in

promise, and that the skills, drive and resourcefulness for

which Hong Kong is famous would not fail us at this point

in time. These words were not spoken lightly. We who live

in Hong Kong, particularly those of us who are engaged in

putting the future together, are acutely conscious of the

EMBARGOED

UNTIL 1:00 PM.

ON.

29 MAR 1990

/opportunities

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