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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1986
+GIVEN HONG KONG'S EXISTING ADVANTAGES AND ITS GROWING FUTURE ROLE AS THE MAJOR ENGINE OF GROWTH IN SOUTH CHINA, IT SEEMS MORE THAN PROBABLE THAT HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE INDEFINITELY TO BE WHAT 'T HAS BECOME IN THE 1980'S, THAT IS TO SAY, CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL CITY.+
THE EXPERIENCE OF MANY OVERSEAS INVESTORS IN CHINA SUGGESTS THAT IT WOULD BE WISE TO SET UP A PRESENCE IN HONG KONG IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, SAID MR FANG, TO ALLOW AN ASSESSMENT OF BUSINESS PROSPECTS AND TO DEVELOP LINKS WITH LOCAL FIRMS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO KNOW CHINA.
POINTING TO THE ADVANTAGES OF HONG KONG AS A BUSINESS CENTRE, MR FANG GAVE AS A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE THE FACT THAT HE COULD RECEI VĖ AN ORDER FOR, SAY, SWEATERS, AND TAKE ONLY 45 DAYS FROM RECEIVING THE ORDER TO DELIVERING THE FINISHED GOODS. PRODUCTION IN OTHER COUNTRIES COULD TAKE DOUBLE THAT TIME +IF I AM LUCKY+
HONG KONG IS REALLY A UNIQUE PLACE, HE SAID. +1 BELIEVE THERE ARE LOTS OF PROFITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRITISH BUSINESS TO GROW BOTH BY BEING PART OF HONG KONG'S DYNAMIC ECONOMY AND BY SHARING IN THE PROCESS OF CHINA'S MODERNISATION.+
A SIMILAR SEMINAR TO PROMOTE INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY WILL BE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FINNISH FOREIGN TRADE ASSOCIATION ON SEPTEMBER 11 IN HELSINKI, FINLAND, AND ALREADY OVER 30 ACCEPTANCES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
HK JOINS IN EXPO'S SONG OF PEACE
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HONG KONG'S MESSAGE OF PEACE WILL BE HEARD IN A SONG BY SOME 70 REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS PAVILIONS AT EXPO '86 IN VANCOUVER, CANADA.
A VIDEO ENTITLED +PEACE ON EARTH+ WAS RECENTLY PRODUCED AND MONEY RAISED FROM ITS SALES WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
ONE OF THE HOSTS OF THE HONG KONG PAVILION, MR TOMMY CHEUNG, JOINED THE SINGERS IN RECORDING THE CASSETTE TAPE WHICH LASTS FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND WAS SHOT ON LOCATION IN EXPO'S FAIR GROUND AT THE END OF AUGUST.
ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 8), THE SINGERS SANG IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE PLAZA OF NATIONS IN EXPO. THEY WERE JOINED BY VELL-KNOWN AMERICAN FOLK SINGER JOHN DENVER.
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