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separateness on economic matters is a crucial element for the of the future SAR.
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which provokes one final question. throughout ve seen
history, if you have one extremely RORY adjacent to one that's not unsuccessful but let's
then the more successful economy acts successful, would that be, over a period of time. regarded in Beijing?
Governor:
ensure
that
in
partner
and also
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magnet.
and
On
foreign
1 think that Peking is determined to
work. that the arrangements for the future of Hong Kong means. amongst other things, that the Hong Kong economy goes
moment. It does efficient and effective as it is at the being as contribute very greatly to the mainland of China. It is to my mind, an is astonishing fact that Hong Kong. which is a tiny little territory,
trading main
all China's
of that
the
investment
China from whatever source, some 60 per cant of that comes from Hong Kong. I find myself visiting provinces near Hong Kong
and like Guangdong
Fujian
that last
for their investmORT, modernisation programme. Hong Kong is crucial in terms of
terme of a point through which they can communicate. goods can
terms An sometimes in, and
of manacsRSAT people can come
I believe, expertise. So there is a very close relationship.
of the
and the Hong Kong econory
whole Succes9 modernisation of the southern part in the coastal strip of which the Chinese attach so much importance.
in
out.
the
Over
the
Yaar,
process China
Q:
So the border is vanishing?
Governor:
In
sense
investment,
that a'
-he
of one sense, in an economic expertise going across that border, and in the other sense great deal of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry has now moved the border into Guangdong so that some one-and-a-half or two million which people are employed in Guangdong alone by Hong Kong enterprise is more than the whole of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry, In
the economic success other sense. the border is not vanishing and Hong Kong depends very closely on the border not having its own set of economy policies, its own currency
in there being a very convertible currency border between Hong Kong and the rest of China.
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vanishing.
in
clear cut
freely economic
Could we move on to the Basic Law and the human aspects, which obviously we are very closely concerned.
right
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Are you satisfied by the provisions
on
human
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