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PROGRESS REVIEW AND LEGISLATI

PROGRAMME

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30.

I should like now to turn to the third major area

of change to which I referred at the beginning of this

Address. This is the transformation of our society by the

Government's programmes for developing the economy and the

physical and social infrastructure of Hong Kong.

31.

It is worth emphasizing the scope of these

programmes. The Government is making major new investments

not only in the airport, new port facilities and measures

to protect the environment, but also in an unprecedented

expansion of higher education. For example, between now

and 1995, the number of first year places available for

higher education in Hong Kong will rise from under fourteen

thousand to over twenty thousand. This will be no mean

as we are determined to maintain

achievement,

especially

internationally accepted standards.

great deal of work from all concerned.

It will require a

But it shows, in

one area, just how large and significant are the

Government's programmes for

livelihood of this community.

improving the

the life,

life, and the

/32. In

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