„EDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1978
HK IS A MARKET WORTH CULTIVATING
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SAYS GOVERNOR
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TODAY EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE CF HONG KONG AS A LONG TERM MARKET AND SAID ALL COUNTRIES ..ERE EQUALLY FREE AND WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN ITS SUCCESS.
SPEAKING AT A MEETING ON +HONG KONG: ERITAIN'S SHOWCASE IN ASTA* AT THE CONFEDERATION OF BRITISH INDUSTRY IN LONDON, SIR MURRAY ALSO DESCRIBED HONG KONG AS A SHOP-LINDOW ON A PRIME SITE+ AND STRESSED THAT IT WAS IN THE INTEREST OF V.K. TO EXPAND ITS EXPORTS TO HONG KONG.
HE POINTED OUT THE FACT THAT +HONG KONG IS AT THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE OF DEVELOPING MARKETS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND HAS VERY CLOSE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL LINKS WITH JAPAN.
+EUT, HE SAID, ITS CLOSEST CONNECTION IS WITH CHINA, THE EIGGEST COUNTRY IN WORLD, NOW POISED FOR A PERIOD OF RAPID ECONOMIC EXPANSION.+
SIR MURRAY ALSO TOLD ERITISH BUSINESSMEN ABOUT OTHER ADVANTAGES OF HONG KONG AS A MARKET. HE SAID: +EUSINESS CAN BE DONE QUICKLY LECAUSE HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN ARE BRISK - IT IS A CITY IN A HURRY,
ER DUSINESS CAN BE DONE IN ENGLISH AND WHEN DONE IT IS GOVERNED BY ERITISH LA...+
DESIDES, HE ADDED, THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG WAS AN ENVIALLY STABLE CHE POLITICALLY AND IT IS HAPPILY FREE FROM LALOUR DIFFICULTIES, AND THE ADAPTABILITY, VIGOUR AND INVESTMENTS OF ITS ..ORK-FORCE AND MANAGEMENT AL IKE ARE PROVERBIAL.+
HE ALSO GREATLY WELCOMED THE INTEREST WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY IN U.K., THE CONFEDERATICH CF BRITISH :DUSTRY AND THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE ECARD NO. TAKE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE ITH HONG KONG, AND SAID THEIR SUCCESS WOULD BE IN THE MUTUAL INTEREST OF BOTH THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG.
HE SAID: +BRITISH SUPPORT IS AS VITAL TO HONG KONG AS THE GOODWILL OF CHINA ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE HARD WORK, ENTERPRISE, AND GOOD GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ON THE OTHER,
+BRITISH SUPPORT IS NOT AN ISSUE, EUT INEVITABLY COMMERCIAL SUCCESS AND THE EXPLOYMENT IT BRINGS IS HELPFUL TO BRITISH ATTITUDES TOWARDS A PLACE SO DISTANT AND SO LITTLE UNDERSTOOD.+
SIR MURRAY ALSO POINTED CUT THAT IT IS A STRIKING FACT THAT HONG KONG ALONE SURVIVES AND PROSPEF 3 AS A COLONY CF ATY ECONO JC SIGNIFICANCE FROM THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY.
HE SAID: IT HAS DONE SO EECAUSE CF VERY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING THE ATTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE SUPPORT OF THE UNITED KINGDO
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