MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1987
GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR SIX-DAY CHINA VISIT
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SIX-DAY VISIT IN CHINA WHERE HE WILL COUNCIL OFFICE IN SHANGHAI AND MEET PEKING.
LEFT TODAY (MONDAY) FOR A OPEN THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS IN
KCR
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE BY TRAIN AT THE KOWLOON STATION, SIR DAVID SAID THE MAIN PURPOSE OF HIS VISIT TO CHINA WAS TO OPEN THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OFFICE IN SHANGHAI AND ΤΟ ATTEND THE OPENING SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC AND TRADE CO-OPERATION SEMINAR THERE.
"THE OPENING OF THE SECOND TDC OFFICE SYMBOLISES
INCREASE IN ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG.
THE GREAT
"TRADE BETWEEN US AND CHINA HAS GONE UP BY SOME 12 TIMES IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AND BY THE REMARKABLE FIGURE OF 50 PER CENT IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR.
"CHINA IS NOW OUR LARGEST TRADING PARTNER AND THIS YEAR, IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, WE HAVE OVERTAKEN JAPAN AS CHINA'S MAJOR TRADING PARTNER," SIR DAVID SAID.
ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON, THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR DICK CLIFT, AND THE GOVERNOR'S PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR RICHARD HOARE,
SIR DAVID WILL FIRST VISIT GUANGZHOU BEFORE GOING ON TO SHANGHAI AND THEN PEKING.
SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ VISIT GUANGZHOU FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BECOMING GOVERNOR BECAUSE GUANGDONG PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN THE INCREASED ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA.
SIR DAVID WILL CALL ON THE GOVERNOR OF GUANGDONG TO DISCUSS RCONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG PROVINCE.
THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT WHILE IN PEKING HE WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS THAT HE HAD EARLIER IN THE YEAR WITH SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS AND CHINESE LEADERS DEALING WITH HONG KONG AFFAIRS.
"I EXPECT TO
COVER THE WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES OF
MUTUAL
INTEREST BETWEEN US, HE SAID.
OCCASION ΤΟ BRING
SIR DAVID SAID THE DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE AN CHINESE LEADERS UP TO DATE ON WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING TO THE ECONOMY IN HONG KONG AS WELL AS OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
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"IT IS NOT AN OCCASION FOR TAKING DECISIONS, SIR DAVID SAID.
STATION
SEEING THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON OFF AT THE RAILWAY WERE THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD; THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR
Y. CHUNG;
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN; AND CHINA NEWS AGENCY, MR QIAO ZHONGHUAI.
THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE OF THE NEW
VICE-DIRECTOR
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