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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1987
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT IN THIS
CONNECTION IT WAS WORTH NOTING THAT A GOOD DEAL OF THE CAPITAL LEAVING HONG KONG WAS GOING INTO CHINA. HE WENT ON TO DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG TO CHINA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SAYING THAT CHINESE INVESTMENT IN THR TERRITORY WAS HUGE AND GROWING FAST.
THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT THERE WAS EVERY SIGN THAT HONG KONG'S UNIQUE ROLE WOULD CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN,
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"WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENHANCE OUR USEFULNESS TO THE COUNTRIES OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AS A FINANCIAL CENTRE, AN ENTREPOT, A COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE AND TO THE COUNTRIES OF THE WEST WHO COME TO HONG KONG TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM," HE SAID.
GOVERNOR TAKES HK MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON
THIS
VERY SIR DAVID
AMERICAN LEGISLATORS AND THE ADMINSTRATION HAVE BEEN TOLD
THE
IS UNITED STATES WEEK THAT HONG KONG'S RELATIONSHIP WITH IMPORTANT, BOTH POLITICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY, THE GOVERNOR, WILSON, SAID IN WASHINGTON, DC ON WEDNESDAY (U.S. TIME).
SPEAKING AT A NEWS CONFERENCE
A END OF
THREE-DAY HK HAD BEEN VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL, SIR DAVID SAID THAT
TRADE POLICIES IN HIS MEETINGS EMPHASISING HONG KONG'S FREE
WITH AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND AT SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN,
VARIOUS
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
NEAR THE
U.S.
то TRYING
MAKE
WITH
THE
TRADE SYSTEM ACTUALLY AT
"THE PARTICULAR POINT WHICH I HAVE BEEN EVERYBODY I HAVE SEEN IS THAT HONG KONG 19 THE SHINING EXAMPLE IN WORLD, TOGETHER WITH SINGAPORE, OF A FREE WORK, SIR DAVID SAID.
tr
STATES
"WE'RE DOING EXACTLY
ADMINISTRATION
T
TERRITORIES DOING, HE ADDED.
WOULD
THE SORT OF
то LIKE
THINGS WHICH THE UNITED SEE OTHER
AND COUNTRIES
IN THE EFFORTS WHICH THE
AND OTHER BARRIERS, HONG
SIR DAVID ALSO SAID HE HOPED THAT UNITED STATES WAS MAKING TO REDUCE TARIFF KONG WOULD NOT BE INADVERTANTLY AFFECTED.
HE SAID:
COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE
IT
WOULD TERRITORY WHICH
EFFORT то
BE
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GET
"IT WOULD BE A TRAGEDY. FOR U.S.
IF POLICIES
THE PRACTISING FREE TRADE WERE IN ANY WAY PENALISED IN AN OTHER PEOPLE TO ACT MORE LIKE WE ACTUALLY DO.
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/SIR DAVID