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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1987
HONG KONG HONG
SIR DAVID ALSO TRIED TO GET ACROSS THE MESSAGE THAT WAS A VERY GOOD MARKET FOR US GOODS, POINTING OUT THAT LAST YEAR
PER CAPITA, FAR KONG BOUGHT MORE THAN HK$4,000 WORTH OF U.S. GOODS MORE THAN JAPAN, EUROPE OR MOST FAR EASTERN COUNTRIES.
IN REMINDING "I HOPE THAT I HAD SOME SUCCESS NATURE OF THE HONG KONG BCONOMIC SYSTEM AND ITS BEING HE NOTED.
U.S.
PEOPLE OF THE TOTALLY OPEN,
H
ISSUE
OF
THAT
TERM
THE OFFICIALS SIR DAVID ALSO DISCUSSED WITH VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, TAKING A TWO-TRACK APPROACH. HE POINTED OUT BUT IN THE LONGER RESETTLEMENT WAS NEEDED IN THE SHORT TERM, REPATRIATION UNDER ACCEPTABLE CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT BE NECESSARY.
EARLIER ON WEDNESDAY MORNING (U.S. TIME),
SIR DAVID MET THE BILL MR
THE VERITY. DURING NEWLY INSTALLED SECRETARY OF COMMERCE,
THE MEETING, SIR DAVID EMPHASISED HONG KONG'S FREE TRADE POSITION AND ABSENCE OF ANY TARIFFS OR OTHER TRADE BARRIERS IN HONG KONG.
SIR DAVID SAID MR VERITY WAS VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF HONO KONG'S
FREE TRADE STANCE.
SIR
TO DAVID WENT
MERT THE DEPARTMENT, FROM THE COMMERCE
A LUNCHEON EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE WASHINGTON POST, THEN ON TO GIVE ADDRESS AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS PLATFORM FROM WHICH A VISITOR TO THE UNITED STATES CAN ADDRESS THE MEDIA.
OF THE "HONG KONG'S ALSO ANSWERED A RANGE OF
THERE, SIR DAVID SPOKE BEFORE SOME 200 REPRESENTATIVES UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ON THE SUBJECT OF FUTURE AS ASIA'S INTERNATIONAL CITY". HE QUESTIONS AFTER HIS ADDRESS.
IN THE AFTERNOON, SIR DAVID GAVE AN NETWORK, THE TELEVISION SERVICE OF THE U.S.
INTERVIEW TO THE BISNET CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
GOVERNOR IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN HK
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WITH THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, IS KEEPING IN CLOSE TOUCH
APPOINTMENT OF HAMBROS TO DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE FUTURES EXCHANGE,
THURSDAY (U.S. TIME) IN EXCHANGE AND THAT THE RE-OPEN THE
IN A STATEMENT ISSUED IN NEW YORK ON RESPONSE TO THE SITUATION REGARDING THE HONG KONG STOCK THE FUTURES EXCHANGE, SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO HEAR COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE HAD DECIDED TO EXCHANGE ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 26).
KONG MARKETS, IN THE PAST FEW
HE HOPED THAT, DESPITE THE SHOCKS THAT THE HONG LIKE THOSE IN THE REST OF THE WORLD, HAVE SUFFERED DAYS, AN ORDERLY PATTERN OF TRADING WOULD QUICKLY BE RESUMED.
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