TNAG-2596-FCO40-3784-Appointment-of-Chris-Patten-as-new-Governor-of-Hong-Kong--Ap-1992 — Page 88

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to make my

Governorship as open and accessible as possible.

Secondly, it goes without saying that our personal and

collective ambitions and prospects are intimately linked to

the prospects of the economy in which we work. Hong Kong

knows better than most cities that it cannot rest on laurels

this in previous years, last year, even today☺ won We have to strive relentlessly to maintain and improve

for the world of tomorrow certain only of one

That means that we have to take the thing

level of inflation very seriously. When the public express compet.

anxiety about the rate of inflation, they are right to do so.

Inflation is a cunning enemy, and one we ignore at our peril.

our competitiveness

Thirdly, it is essential that we remain a low tax

economy in which public spending is kept under prudent

control; it is right that we should be free to use some of

the wealth we generate to alleviate the problems of those stranded /society's wayside☺ whom society leaves byZthe wayside

I know how much the

community cares about the education of our children, about

the environment in which we live, about the care of the

elderly, about housing. My Government will continue to

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deserve. I look forward to experating on these important

subjects themes, in my speech to the Legislative Council in October.

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Fourth, I know how much concern has been expressed in

the community about law and order. Hong Kong, it is true,

is a safer city than most.

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