SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1987
TURNING TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, MR LAM REITERATED THE TERRITORY'S ABILITY TO REMAIN ASIA'S INTERNATIONAL CROSSROADS WELL INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. HE CITED HONG KONG'S CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE CLOSER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG, AND THE INCREASING FOREIGN INVESTMENT AS SERVING TO ENHANCE THIS ROLE.
ALSO DISCUSSING THE TOPIC OF OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG, ANOTHER SPEAKER AT THE SEMINAR, INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, MR ROBERT ASHWORTH, EXPLAINED THAT HONG KONG WELCOMES INCOMING INVESTORS.
+T HERE IS A TRANSFORMATION NOW WELL ADVANCED IN OUR THINKING ON INDUSTRIAL POLICY, REPLANNING OUR STRATEGY FOR CONTINUED FUTURE PROSPERITY, + MR AS HWORTH SAID.
HE NOTED THAT THE EARLIER LAISSEZ-FAIRE ATTITUDE HAD BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW DEAL FOR INDUSTRY WHICH MAINTAINS ALL THE FORMER TRADITIONAL FREEDOMS COMBINED WITH SUPPORT WITHOUT INTERVENTION AS WELL AS CONSULTATION ON IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE.
AT THE SEMINAR, SPEECHES WERE ALSO GIVEN BY HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION VICE-PRESIDENT, SIMON EDWARDS, ON HONG KONG AS A GATEWAY TO CHINA BY THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE AMERICAS, ANDREW MA. ON TWO-WAY TRADE OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HONG KONG AND BY FORMER CHAIRMAN OF DOW CHEMICAL, ROBERT LUNDEEN, ON HIS 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN HONG KONG.
'DON'T LET DRUGS RUIN YOUR CHILDREN'
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PARENTS ARE URGED TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN FROM THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH PROPER PARENTAL CARE AND GUIDANCE.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS FAMILY CAMP THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING, THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GORDON MORTIMER, SAID CHILDREN, WHEN FEELING UNLOVED AND UNWANTED, WOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE INTO DRUG ABUSE, INTOXICATE THEMSELVES WITH AND BECOME DEPENDENT ON DANGEROUS DRUGS.
+WHEN THEY FINALLY DISCOVER THE VERY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE WHICH DRUG ABUSE MAY CAUSE, IT MAY BE TOO LATE, MR MORTIMER SAID,
BUT HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S STRENUOUS AND CONTINUED EFFORTS AND THE ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THE STRIKE AGAINST DRUGS WERE REAPING RESULTS.
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/MR MORTIMER