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As the hub of Asia, and an important international City in the region, Hong Kong is already China's strongest economic link with the rest of the western industrialised world.
am surprised that the Government is taking such an over-cautious attitude in selling more to eastern block countries, and in attracting more tourists and participants for conventions
With the and meetings from such countries. opening of the Convention Centre imminent,
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urge Government to review the existing policies with eastern block countries, both as to trade and, tourism. For many years, there
discussion
has been discretion on the possibility of having a science park or high-tech centre in
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Hong Kong. [Taiwan already has a large and thriving science park. The Singapore science park which was opened three years ago now
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Shenzhen is now
has about fourty firms.
considering building a science park.
linited Kingdom,
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ingham in the started a few years ago
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in a modest way a project something similar
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to a high-tech centre, and it has now apparently successfully gotten off the ground. Hong Kong meantime keeps on talking about how to set up a science park or a high-tech centre; Now that the Industrial Development Board has decided to commission a feasibility study on a technology centre, can we ne can we expect that something will finally be done to exped- ite this project
project and overcome the bureaucratic delays and procrastinations?
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Last year approximately 12.6 million passengers used Kai Tak airport and during the next few
e years, subject to any significant downturn
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