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COMPLETED. EXPRESSWAYS ALONG THE COAST TO SERVE THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ZONES AT QIN HAUNGDAO AND TANGSHAN WERE BEING PLANNED. CHENG COMMENTED THAT IN TAKING FORWARD ALL THESE PLANS, HE WAS OBEYING DENG XIAOPING'S INSTRUCTION TO SPEED UP
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6. CHENG SAID THAT 70,000 80,000 FOREIGN AND OVER 3 MILLION LOCAL TOURISTS VISITED HEBEI EACH YEAR TO SEE QIN HAUNGDAO, SHANHAIQUAN AND THE WESTERN AND EASTERN TOMBS.
7. DURING HIS THREE DAYS IN HONG KONG, CHENG ALSO MET LI KA- SHING, HENRY FOK (CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE), ROBERT KWOK (THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SHANGRI LA HOTEL), THE BANK OF CHINA AND THE TDC. HE INVITED THE TDC TO ORGANISE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN HEBEI. INTERESTINGLY, CHENG WAS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG HEBEI PROVINCIAL OFFICE AS WOULD NORMALLY BE THE CASE. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE OFFICE WAS ''NOT UP TO MUCH
IT SEEMS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THEY ARE IN FOR SOME RESHUFFLING.
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