SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1935
ARRANGEMENT FOR VISITNG PRESIDENT
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PRESIDENT ANTONIO RAMALHO EANES OF PORTUGAL WILL BE TRANSITTING THROUGH HONG KONG NEXT TUESDAY (MAY 28) MORNING AFTER HIS VISIT TO CHINA AND MACAU. PRESS FACILITIES HAVE BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE MEDIA TO COVER HIS ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE.
A FIXED POSITION WILL BE PROVIDED INSIDE THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL FOR THE PRESS TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN PRESIDENT EANES ARRIVES BY JETFOIL, MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE TERMINAL AT 7.45 AM WHEN GIS OFFICERS WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH SPECIAL ACCREDITATION BADGES AND ESCORT THEM INTO THE PRESS POSITION.
AFTER ARRIVAL AT THE FERRY TERMINAL, PRESIDENT EANES WILL LEAVE IMMEDIATELY FOR THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE PRESS ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING BEFORE 8.25 AM. GIS OFFICERS WILL ALSO BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
SEIZE HK OPPORTUNITIES, ITALIANS TOLD ******
ITALIAN BUSINESSMEN AND OTHERS IN EUROPE WERE URGED YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) TO RECOGNISE THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY HONG KONG AND THE FAR EAST AND TO GO OUT AND SEIZE THEM.
THIS CALL WAS MADE BY THE MINISTER OF HONG KONG COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND MEMBER STATES, MR DEREK JONES, AT THE END OF HIS VISIT TO ITALY,
→HONG KONG IS A DYNAMIC CENTRE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY AT THE HUB OF THE FASTER GROWING ECONOMIC AREA IN THE WORLD, + MR JONES TOLD MEMBERS OF THE ITALY/HONG KONG ASSOCIATION IN MILAN.
+AS WELL AS BEING AN IMPORTANT MARKET IN ITS OWN RIGHT, HONG KONG IS A FINANCIAL, COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE,+ HE ADDED.
MR JONES SAID THAT ABOVE ALL HONG KONG WAS THE PREFERRED GATEWAY TO CHINA FOR WESTERN BUSINESSMEN, ACTING AS IT DID AS THE CONDUIT FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH AN UNRIVALLED UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHINESE MARKET.
DURING HIS VISIT TO ITALY, MR JONES MET GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESSMEN AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE ITALY/HONG KONG ASSOCIATION IN ROME, VENICE AND MILAN.
HE TOLD THEM THAT THE EXPANSION OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH HONG KONG COULD BE A REWARDING EXPERIENCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
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