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+AS A RESULT OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, HONG KONG IS HOPEFUL THAT
HOWEVER, UNTIL THE NEW SOME OF THESE ITEMS WILL BE REINSTATED. ZEALAND GOVERNMENT HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE ITS INTERNAL PROCEDURES THE RESULTS REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL,
MR SZE EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE TALKS, ESPECIALLY THE COURTESY AND HOSPITALITY EXTENDED TO HIM AND HIS DELEGATION BY THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT. THE NEW ZEALAND DELEGATION WAS LED BY MR DAVID GAMBLE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
BUSINESS SECTOR IMPORTANCE TO COMMUNITY STRESSED
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THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS SHOULD KEEP UP THEIR EFFORTS AND INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, SO THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTION WOULD PROVIDE A FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS, THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON (DESIGNATE), MR KEVIN MAK, SAID THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.
MR MAK, WHO IS LEAVING HIS POST AS KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MADE THE APPEAL AT THE FAREWELL DINNER HOSTED BY THE HONG KONG KWUN TONG INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION.
REFLECTING ON THE CHANGES IN KWUN TONG SINCE HE CAME IN 1983, MR MAK SAID THE RELATIVELY OLD DISTRICT HAD GRADUALLY TRANSFORMED INTO A NEW AND EXCITING PLACE.
HE SAID THE LOCAL INDUSTRIAL AREA WAS ENTERING INTO A NEW PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT.
+A VITAL FACTOR IS THE DISTRICT'S ENHANCED STRATEGIC LOCATION WHEN THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION COMES INTO SERVICE BY 1989, + HE ADDED.
THE LARGE POPULATION, EXPECTED TO REACH 800 000 BY 1990, ALSO PROVIDED A LARGE POOL OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS, MR MAK SAID.
THE ASSOCIATION ALSO WELCOMED THE NEW KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, AT TONIGHT'S PARTY.
MR CHAN CALLED ON RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR SUPPORT TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY.
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