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We will never reach the ultimate levels of excellence because, in the nature of things, they stay ahead of all our efforts, providing the incentive for new initiatives.

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I think it would threaten a service which, while not perfect — who is perfect — is certainly one of the best public transport systems in the world.

Although I understand that the Government has already put in place a good system and that is, the FAM that allows increases and reductions, this mechanism is not perfect because may be one day, when the thinking of the railway corporation and that of the public are conflicting, this Fund can serve as a buffer when the public face the pressure of fare increases.

Such coverage cannot be perfect but can reduce currency purchases at the end of the biennium to a minimum.

I think that if you could reform the existing curriculum on civic education and start the education at a young age, including start teaching students from primary school to learn about their own country, the history of their own country, why has today's China come into existence, that there is no perfect system in the world, that no system of one country cansurpass that of the others and is perfect, to let us learn the historical facts and about the system of our country, and what leads to the birth of the "one country, two systems" in Hong Kong and so on.

It will not only be unwarranted to undermine the professions' selfregulation, Madam President.

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This natural adjustment mechanism for wages shaped by the supply-demand relationship in the free market may not beperfect,but it is time-honoured and accepted by both employers and employees.

Whilst the existing “Norwich Pharmacal” mechanism for obtaining disclosure may not be perfect for pursuing civil claims against infringements on the internet, we are yet to be convinced that the difficulties experienced are such as to warrant putting in place an alternative infringer identity disclosure mechanism that bypasses judicial scrutiny and which may compromise the protection of personal data privacy.

President, I agree that RTHK is not a perfect organization, definitively offeringroom for improvement in administration and other areas.

When there is so much uncertainty and controversy about the global impact of IPRs, we believe it is incumbent on policy makers to consider the available evidence, imperfect as it may be, before further extending property rights in scope or territorial extent.

Even though the Government has acknowledged the need for a review, it was unable to tell us whether a goal has been set to bring a perfect solution to this problem.

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On the other hand, as the Honourable James TIEN said earlier on, nobody is perfect and no policy is perfect either.

In the following, I will briefly offer some of my more critical comments and I hope that the Financial Secretary, as well as the Administration, will learn the lessons and avoid the mistakes next year.

The system was not perfect because I did not look particularly handsome in the photograph taken by the system, but I also thought that it was not too bad already.

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It is of course most satisfactory if we can achieve perfect results in every way, however, failing that, we will still strive for a certain degree of balance.

They need to follow up each case and ensure the CAPO investigations are conducted in an impartial manner.

They dare not admit it themselves nor ever admit it.

equitable oneto which we can all agree — one that will enable us to move forward and ensure the consolidation of the gains the region has made in the past decade.

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