In fact it marks a new beginning, a new opportunity, for us all to divest ourselves of inefficiencies, to rebuild and restructure as we approach the dawning of a new century.

• 这段日子为我们揭开了新的一页，让我们寻找到新的机遇，让大家提高效率，重建经济，并作出调整，迈向下一世纪。