This speech is also available in doc (about 92 KB) and pdf (about 161 KB) formats.       Contents       Paragraph   A. Introduction 1-3           B. Concerted Efforts to Meet the Challenges       Facing up to Adversity 4     Diagnosis 5-9           C. The Road to Economic Recovery       I. The Elements for Recovery 10     Our Advantages 11     New Opportunities 12       A Clear Direction 13     II. Promoting Economic Restructuring         A Market-led Approach 14       The Role of the Government 15       Improving the Business Environment 16       Enhancing Core Industries 17       Encouraging Diversified Development 18       Opening up New Horizons 19       Human Resources Development 20-24       Stabilising the Property Market 25-26       Asia's World City 27-29           D. Closer Economic Co-operation with the Mainland       I. Seizing New Opportunities 30     II. Forging Closer Co-operation 31       Closer Partnership in Trade 32       Speeding up and Improving Boundary Crossings 33       Individual Travellers from Guangdong Province 34     III. Expediting Economic Integration with the PRD         Direction and Goals 35       New Areas of Co-operation 36       A Bridge Linking Hong Kong to the Western PRD 37       New Business Model 38       Summing Up 39           E. Sharing Responsibility to Tackle the Deficit 40     I. Aggravating the Deficit 41     II. Possible Consequences         Worsening of the Investment Environment 42       Impact on the Financial Markets 43-44     III. Decisive Action to Eliminate the Fiscal Deficit 45       Causes and Solutions 46-47       Optimising the Use of Public Resources 48       Joining Hands with the Community 49-51       Overall Impact 52       Standing by the Community 53           F. Legislating on Article 23 of the Basic Law 54-55           G. Conclusion 56-62           Next         2003 | Important notices Last revision date: January 8, 2003