09-OCT-1991 16:53
SECRETARIAT D.A.U.
+852 845 7895
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Hong Kong have
visited China, on a wide range of official
business.
Over
60 have come in the other direction. we
have received a number of senior Chinese visitors,
including Mr Ji
Pengfei and Mr Lu Ping, the Ministers of
Finance and Energy,
and the Governors of the Provinces of
This trend will, I hope,
Hubei and Jiangsu.
I hope, continue.
It is not just these high
high level visits that
Contacts across the board - natural contacts with
are vital. Up to the end of August, our
27.
matter.
our neighbour
been crossed over 23 million
land border with China had
times by people making visits of various sorts to China or
to Hong
Hong Kong. This figure shows that a vast network of
personal contacts already exists between this territory and
the mainland of China. It is a natural growth. We will
encourage it.
28.
Over
In addition to these human contacts, our bilateral
trade and investment relations are already extensive.
the past decade, the business community has seen the new
opportunities presented by economic reform in China. Hong
new manufacturing and processing
Kong investment in
capacity in Guangdong province and elsewhere in China has
/helped