as
social
services,
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environmental
protection
and
is not a significant date.
industrial development, 1997
When I sit down with the policy secretaries and Heads of
Departments I am often struck by how much is going on in
each of their areas of activity. There is not one of them
who does not have a comprehensive long term plan for the
future stretching well beyond the end of this century.
And they are
through.
enthusiastically
determined
to see them
49.
This consistency and determination is important
for Hong Kong because in planning for the future we must
not allow ourselves to be distracted by immediate or
short-term worries, such as those associated with 1997.
50.
In particular it is vital that we do not
do not create
crisis where none exists by losing faith in our own well
established ability not only to survive but to prosper.
As several members have pointed out this community has a
proven track record of being able to overcome any problem
which confronts it. Those of us vho lived through the
dark days of 1967, and the oil crisis of the 1970's can
testify to Hong Kong's ability to bounce back.
51.
It is a sad reflection of the times that the
international view of Hong Kong's future is sometimes more
optimistic than that of our people here.
considerable dangers in that, because the confidence of
There are
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