THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1988
HK'S INVESTMENT IN SHENZHEN BENEFICAL TO BOTH SIDES
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TO BE ABOUT
TO BOTH SIDES,
HONG KONG'S INVESTMENT IN SHENZHEN, BELIEVED PER CENT IN THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, IS BENEFICIAL THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
TO
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER HIS RETURN FROM A ONE-DAY VISIT
MR LI HAO, THE THE SEZ AT THE INVITATION OF THE MAYOR OF SHENZHEN,
STRUCK BY GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS
HOW MUCH SHENZHEN HAD DEVELOPED, INCLUDING THE SHEKOU AREA.
SIR DAVID SAID HE DISCUSSED
MATTERS
OF CO-OPERATION
BETWEEN
HONG KONG AND SHENZHEN.
PER CENT KONG,"
"I WAS TOLD BY THE SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES THAT OVER 70 OF THE INVESTMENT IN THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE COMES FROM HONG THE GOVERNOR SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID HE REFLECTED THAT IT WAS THAT THERE WAS THIS INVESTMENT.
GOOD FOR BOTH SIDES
BENEFIT,
PARTICULARLY
KONG "THEY BENEFIT FROM IT. WE IN HONG
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF NOW WHEN WE HAVE A LABOUR SHORTAGE AND PROCESSING A LOT OF OUR GOODS IN QUANGDONG PROVINCE AND IN SHENZHEN.
"THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS ENABLED US TO KEEP
SIR DAVID SAID.
HIGH RATES OF GROWTH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS,
UP SUCH
MAN KAM TO
THE GOVERNOR ALSO DISCUSSED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT AND SHA TAU KOK BORDER CROSSINGS, WITH MAN KAM TO BEING VERY CROWDED.
"I WAS SUGGESTING THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PUT SOME TRAFFIC ROUND SHA TAU KOK, SIR DAVID SAID.
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IMPROVING CUSTOMS
"WE TALKED ABOUT PLANS FOR PARKING FACILITIES ON THEIR SIDE, AT MAN KAM TO, WIDENING THE ROAD ON OUR SIDE, HE ADDED.
"
OF THE
FACILITIES AND AND OUR PLANS FOR
"WE
'TALKED ABOUT THE ALSO
NEW BRIDGE AT LOK MA CHAU. THEN ABOUT THAT'LL COME INTO SERVICE NEXT YEAR. FIRST ONE BRIDGE AND
SIR DAVID SAID. NINE MONTHS LATER A SECOND BRIDGE IN THE SAME PLACE,'
"AT THAT POINT, THERE WILL BE 50,000 VEHICLES A YEAR, WHICH WILL DEMAND," HE SAID.
CROSSING FACILITIES FOR ABOUT BE MORE THAN ADEQUATE ΤΟ MEET
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