“I am confident, however old-fashioned this may sound, that funds left in the hands of the public will come into the Exchequer with interest at the time in the future when we need them.”

— John James Cowperthwaite

February 28, 1962, page 51.
Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council

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