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IN -AS BEEN EARMARKED
FOR A NEW HOSPITAL IN HE NEW TERRITORIES
O SE BUILT SY 1997.
OUR COMPANIES HAVE DONE CONSISTENTLY WELL OVER THE YEARS IN SUPPLYING HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO HONG KONG AND THE CHANCES OF THEIR SECURING SOME BUSINESS FROM HIS NEW PROJECT MUST BE GOOD. A SOTB SPONSORED DELEGATION FROM THE HONG KONG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, THE ORGANISATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TERRITORY'S 30 PLUS GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT SUBVENTED HOSPITALS, IS IN THE UK THIS WEEK LED BY THE AUTHORITY'S DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS (DR YEOH) IT IS THE MOST HIGH- POWERED HEALTHCARE TEAM EVER TO VISIT THE UK. THE DELEGATION WILL CALL ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH (WHO PLANS TO VISIT HONG KONG ACCOMPANIED BY A GROUP OF SENIOR BUSINESSMEN IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR) AND A GOOD NUMBER OF POTENTIAL SUPPLIERS OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES.
IN THE AREA OF CONSUMER GOODS, BRITISH RETAILERS CONTINUE TO BUILD-UP THEIR PRESENCE IN HONG KONG, AND INCREASINGLY TO USE THE TERRITORY AS A SPRINGBOARD INTO CHINA. ONLY TODAY MARKS AND SPENCER (HK) POSTED A 25.1 PERCENT PRE-TAX INCREASE IN PROFITS FOR THE YEAR TO MARCH 31, WITH EARNINGS FROM OPERATIONS IN THE REGION SOARING BY 70.2 PERCENT TO POUNDS STERLING 10.6 MILLION. THE GROUP IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF A SIXTH SHOP IN HONG KONG EARLY NEXT MONTH. BODY REFORM OPENED ITS FIRST HONG KONG SHOP LAST WEEK WHILE TIE RACK, MULBERRY, GIEVES AND HAWKES, BURBERRYS, BODY SHOP AND JAEGAR ARE EXPANDING THEIR OPERATIONS HERE AND FROM HERE PLAN TO OPEN SHOPS-WITHIN-SHOPS IN SHANGHAI LATER IN THE YEAR.
8. THE BOTB'S SPONSORED PROGRAMME OF OUTWARD AND INWARD MISSIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND SEMINARS IN HONG KONG IS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE IN THE WORLD. MORE AND MORE FIRST TIME COMPANIES ARE MAKING USE OF THE VARIOUS SCHEMES AND GRANTS AVAILABLE FROM THE BOTB. IN ADDITION WE WILL BE ARRANGING A BOTB-FUNDED BRITISH DESIGN EXHIBITION IN HONG KONG IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DESIGN MUSEUM OF LONDON.
9. MANY OF THE LARGE INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS IN THE REGION, PARTICULARLY IN CHINA, ARE BEING FUNDED AND MANAGED BY HK-BASED BUSINESSMEN. HOPEWELL HOLDINGS' GENERATION PROJECTS (USING GEC EQUIPMENT) ARE PERHAPS THE BEST KNOWN BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER. LI KA SHING'S CHEUNG KONG GROUP, IN JOINT VENTURE WITH BRIGHT WORLD LTD, ARE ON THE POINT OF SIGNING A JOINT VENTURE WITH
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