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-ONESDAY, JULY 11,
JULY 11, 1984
FIRST, WHETHER OVERSEAS BUYERS STILL HAVE TRUST ON THE QUALITY OF OUR PRODUCTS, AND,
SECOND, WHETHER THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997 WILL AFFECT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS.
+AS REGARDS THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTS, HUMAN INVESTMENT WOULD BE THE SOLUTION, HE SAID,
+HONG KONG NEEDS AN AMPLE SOURCE OF SKILLED LABOUR TO KEEP UP WITH THE EVER-PROGRESSING TRENDS IN THE WORLD.+
HE SAID THAT HONG KONG HAD DEVELOPED A MANPOWER TRAINING SYSTEM WITH GOOD TRAINING FACILITIES OVER THE YEARS, BUT HE WARNED THAT THIS DID NOT MEAN THAT THE EXISTING SYSTEM COULD COPE WITH ALL OUR FUTURE MANPOWER PROBLEMS.
+WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR TRAINING SYSTEM AND TO IMPROVE OUR TRAINING FACILITIES FOR THE FUTURE,+ HE STRESSED.
ON THE QUESTION OF COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS, DR TIEN SAID THAT THIS WAS RELATED TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE.
+ I BELIEVE THAT IF THE AGREEMENT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, OVERSEAS TRADERS WILL BE SATISFIED THAT THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN HONG KONG WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AND HENCE THEY WILL BE WILLING TO ENTER INTO COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS WITH OUR LOCAL TRADERS WITH TRUST IN THE FUTURE,+ HE SAID.
+I, IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY, SHALL BE LEADING A GROUP OF HONG KONG GARMENT MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS TO BEIJING TOMORROW.
+THE GROUP CONSISTS OF BOTH LOCAL AND FOREIGN INVESTORS, OLD HANDS AS WELL AS UP-AND-COMING YOUNG EXECUTIVES IN THE INDUSTRY. WE SHALL MEET THE CHINESE LEADERS AND IT IS MY INTENTION TO REFLECT THE ABOVE VIEWS AT THESE MEETINGS, HE SAID.
SYSTEM ALSO DIFFERS IN PRINCIPLES
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXISTING ECONOMIC SYSTEM OF CHINA AND THAT OF HONG KONG DOES NOT LIE ONLY IN ECONOMIC POLICY, BUT ALSO IN PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES, THE HON ANDREW SO SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING IN THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON +ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR SO CAUTIONED THAT POLITICAL PRESSURE COULD ERODE AND CHANGE AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM AT ANY TIME.
+THEREFORE, WE NEED A DETAILED SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT, + HE STRESSED.
/NOTING THAT