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HONG KONG ECONOMIC PROSPECTS.
1. IN CONTINUATION OF THE POLICY OF SELECTING UP-BEAT ECONOMIC NEWS FROM HONG KONG, XINHUA ON 8 AUGUST QUOTED A REPORT BY THE JAPANESE ECONOMIC RESEARCH GROUP, NOMURA, THAT, DESPITE RECENT EVENTS IN CHINA, THE OUTLOOK FOR HONG KONG IS BETTER THAN IN 1982-1984, BEFORE THE SIGNING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
2. XINHUA REPORTS THAT ALTHOUGH IT RECOGNIZED CONFIDENCE HAD BEEN AFFECTED IN THE SHORT TERM, THE GROUP BELIEVES THAT A MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDE WOULD RETURN WITH TIME THANKS TO THE PEGGED EXCHANGE RATE, A CLEAR ATTITUDE FROM CHINA ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND THE
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