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17-20 age group. This has grown

to 11% today.

By 1995 we are

aiming for 18% or 14,500 places.

20.

These are clearly not the actions

of a community or a government which lacks

confidence in its future. These are major

investments which will enable Hong Kong to

reinforce its position as one of Asia's

major trading centres.

21.

One

the most

valuable

of

characteristics of the people of Hong Kong

is, oddly enough, their impatience. They

demand that things get better, that their

Government tackle problems effectively and

that their children have some of the

things which were not available to them.

This often makes

the Government.

has many advantages.

life uncomfortable for

Nonetheless, impatience

22.

Impatience

with poverty

and a

determination to

improve the lot of one's

family,

behind

Asia.

are two of the basic motive forces

economic

and social development in

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