FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1977
HK TEAM BID TO ATTRACT OVERSEAS INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT
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MR. ROY PORTER, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS LEAVES TOMORROW (SATURDAY) FOR EUROPE WHERE HE IS TO LEAD ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION MISSION.
MR. PORTER WILL BE HOLDING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TOP MANAGEMENTS OF A NUMBER OF COMPANIES IN THE LIGHT AND MEDIUM HEAVY ENGINEERING FIELDS. HE DECLINED TO REVEAL THE NAMES OF THE COMPANIES AS MANY COMPANIES DO NOT LIKE IT TO BE KNOWN THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING ESTABLISHING FACTORIES OVERSEAS AND WE MUST RESPECT THEIR WISH FOR PRIVACY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME WELL KNOWN NAMES AMONG THEM. +
AN ASSISTANT TRADE OFFICER, MR. EDMUND CHEUNG, IS ALREADY
IN EUROPE ARRANGING THE MISSION'S PROGRAMME.
MR. PORTER WILL START WORK ON MONDAY IN MUNICH. HE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO STUTTGART WHERE, BESIDES HOLDING DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES, HE WILL HOLD A SEMINAR FOR
INDUSTRIAL MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THE MISSION WILL THEN TRAVEL TO GENEVA, BERNE AND ZURICH, HOLDING DISCUSSIONS WITH COMPANIES IN EACH CITY, IN ZURICH THE MISSION WILL ALSO JOIN UP WITH OTHER DELEGATES TO HOLD A SEMINAR JOINTLY HOSTED BY THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS AND THE SWISS TRADE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
MR. PORTER ALSO INTENDS TO VISIT A NUMBER OF COMPANIES IN VARIOUS CITIES THROUGHOUT BRITAIN BEFORE RETURNING TO HONG KONG IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS' TIME.
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