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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1984
MR YAXLEY SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN THE CENTRE OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC.
IN ALL THIS ACTIVITY, HE SAID, WESTERN EUROPE PLAYED A VERY SMALL PART.
IT WAS TIME THAT MORE PEOPLE IN WESTERN EUROPE WOKE UP TO THE OPPORTUNITIES AND POSSIBILITIES BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE, HE SAID.
ON THE QUESTION OF THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, MR YAXLEY SAID THE DRAFT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK IN WHICH HONG KONG WOULD BE ABLE TO PRESERVE ITS LEGAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEM.
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+IN SHORT, THE DRAFT AGREEMENT PROVIDES ADEQUATELY FOR A CONTINUATION OF LIFE IN HONG KONG AS WE KNOW IT, AND OF ALL THOSE FACTORS WHICH HAVE MADE HONG KONG A SUCCESS.
+ IT HAS BEEN WELL-RECEIVED NOT ONLY IN HONG KONG ITSELF, BUT MORE WIDELY BY GOVERNMENTS ABROAD AND IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS.
+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE WITH ITS SUCCESS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH WHICH WILL ACCELERATE WITH CHINA'S MODERNISATION PROGRAMMES,+ MR YAXLEY SAID.
FIRE PREVENTION SEMINAR IN KWUN TONG
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A SEMINAR WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO EDUCATE OFFICE- BEARERS OF OWNERS CORPORATIONS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, AND FACTORY BUILDING CARETAKERS IN KWUN TONG ON FIRE PREVENTION
IN FACTORY BUILDINGS.
SPEAKERS AT THE SEMINAR WILL BE THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE KWUN TONG FIRE STATION, MR K.K. TSANG, AND THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS CO LTD, MR K.C. CHEUNG.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION AFTER THE IR TALKS.
ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTEE AND THE LOCAL INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION, THE SEMINAR WILL START AT 3.30 PM AT TELFORD RESTAURANT IN TELFORD GARDENS, KOWLOON BAY.
TOMORROW'S MEETING IS PART OF A SERIES OF SEMINARS INITIATED BY THE AREA COMMITTEE TO IMPROVE FACTORY BUILDING MANAGEMENT M. THE INDUSTRIAL AREA OF THE DISTRICT.
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