MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1978
DUKE OF KENT OPENS BRITISH INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF KENT, SAID TODAY THAT TRADE AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN BRITAIN AND HONG KONG WOULD BE PROMOTED TO A +MUCH HIGHER LEVEL WITH THE LAUNCHING OF THE BRITISH INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION HERE.
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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION AT THE KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION, HUNG HOM, THE DUKE SAID THE EXHIBITION THE THIRD AND BIGGEST BRITISH NATIONAL EXHIBITION TO BE HELD HERE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS WAS AN IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE TRADING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES.
+THIS EXHIBITION IS THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND THAT WE ARE MOUNTING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THIS YEAR AND IT REAFFIRMS BRITAIN'S BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMY AS WELL AS OUR EAGERNESS TO PLAY A FULL PART IN HELPING YOU TO REALISE YOUR AMBITIONS FOR THE FUTURE,+ THE DUKE SAID.
THE DUKE NOTED THAT HONG KONG AND BRITAIN HAVE BEEN DOING BUSINESS TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS, AND ALTHOUGH THAT THE TRADE BETWEEN THEM HAS BEEN STEADILY GROWING, BRITAIN'S TRADING ACHIEVEMENT HERE HAS NOT REACHED ITS + TRUE POTENTIAL+.
+WE HAVE SEEN A RAPID AND IMPRESSIVE EXPANSION OF THE ECONOMY OF HONG KONG, TREMENDOUS STRIDES IN YOUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE UNDERTAKING OF MANY LARGE AND AMBITIOUS PROJECTS, THE DUKE SAID.
THE DUKE ADDED THE +WIDE-RANGING AND STRIKING DISPLAY REPRESENTS THE PRODUCTS OF MORE THAN 140 BRITISH FIRMS AND IS AIMED AT SECTORS WHICH HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS BEING OF SPECIAL
INTEREST TO HONG KONG SUCH AS MACHINE TOOLS, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, INDUSTRIAL PLANT AND ELECTRONICS.
+ IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE PRESENCE OF MANY OF OUR LEAD ING INDUSTRIALISTS AND IT CARRIES THEIR ABSOLUTE DETERMINATION AND THEIR WHOLE-HEARTED COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING A SUCCESSFUL AND MUTUALLY REWARDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS HERE,+ HE ADDED.
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