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THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1979
GOVERNOR PRAISES DEVELOPMENT OF JAPAN-HONG KONG ECONOMIC RELATIONS
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THE GOVERNOR SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING DESCRIBED THE FIRST JOINT MEETING OF THE JAPAN-HONG KONG AND HONG KONG-JAPAN BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES AS A MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAPANESE-HONG KONG ECONOMIC RELATIONS.+
SIR MURRAY WAS SPEAKING AT A DINNER FOR THE HONG KONG-JAPAN JOINT COMMITTEE AT FLAGSTAFF HOUSE.
+CONSIDERING IT WAS ONLY LAST NOVEMBER THAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS FIRST SUGGESTED, I AM IMPRESSED BY THE SPEED WITH WHICH THIS FIRST JOINT MEETING HAS BEEN INAUGURATED. IT INDICATES THE DETERMINATION OF BOTH SIDES TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND HONG KONG, SIR MURRAY TOLD MEMBERS OF THE TWO COMMITTEES.
THE HONG KONG COMMITTEE COMPRISES EIGHT TOP BANKERS AND BUSINESSMEN HEADED BY SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK OF EAST ASIA,
THE OTHER MEMBERS ARE SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN OF SONCA INDUSTRIES LTD- MR. MICHAEL SANDBERG, MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION MR. BILL DORWARD, MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS- MR. DAVID NEWBIGGING, MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN AND SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF JARDINE, MATHESON AND COMPANY SIR YUE-KONG PAO, CHAIRMAN OF THE WORLD WIDE SHIPPING GROUP- MR. T.K. ANN, CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL- AND MR. LEN DUNNING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
THE JAPAN COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF NINE, LED BY MR. K. YASUI, SENIOR ADVISER, TORAY INDUSTRIES INC. AND VICE-PRESIDENT, KEIDAREN, AND MR. N. GOTOH, PRESIDENT, TOKYU CORPORATION AND VICE-PRESIDENT, TOKYO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES.
THE OTHER MEMBERS ARE:- MR. N. HASEGAWA, CHAIRMAN, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO. LTD, AND VICE-PRESIDENT, KEÏDAREN- MR. S. MIYAKE, CHAIRMAN, TOKAI BANK LTD. AND PRESIDENT, THE NAGOYA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY- MR. C. TAKEDA, CHAIRMAN, TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. AND VICE-PRESIDENT, THE OSAKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY- MR. H. YOSHIYAMA, PRÉSIDENT, HITACHI LTD-
MR. M. SEGAWA, SENIOR ADVISER, THE NOMURA SECURITIES CO. LTD- MR. K. TSUYUKİ, CHAIRMAN, ISETAN CO. LTD AND MR. K. YAMADA, VICE-CHA IRMAN, MITSUBISHI CORPORATION.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS:
+MR. YASUI, CONSUL-GENERAL, SIR Y K, DELEGATES OF THE FIRST JOINT MEETING OF THE JAPAN/HONG KONG AND HONG KONG/JAPAN BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES.
/+I AM VÆRE "LEASED