MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1977
MORE OVERSEAS INVESTMENT LIKELY
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IN THE CONTINUING MOVE TO DIVERSIFY HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY, THE GOVERNMENT HOPES TO ATTRACT MORE INVESTMENT FROM OVERSEAS
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
ACCORDING TO MR. ROY PORTER, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, SEVERAL MOŘE EUROPEAN FIRMS ARE CONSIDERING SETTING UP SOPHISTICATED INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG.
MR. PORTER SAID THIS YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) ON HIS RETURN FROM A THREE-WEEK INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION MISSION TO WEST GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND BRITAIN.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY ASSISTANT TRADE OFFICER MR. EDMUND CHEUNG. THE MISSION ALSO TOOK PART IN A SEMINAR IN ZURICH WHICH WAS JOINTLY HOSTED BY THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS AND THE SWISS TRADE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MR. PORTER WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT 3 P.M. IN THE 14TH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS IN OCEAN CENTRE, KOWLOON. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO ATTEND.
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