THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1988
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE TIES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND JAPAN BECOMING CLOSER EACH YEAR.
WERE
YOUR
SERVICES
"WE WELCOME THE GOODS YOU SELL US AND THE CONFIDENCE THAT BUSINESSMEN HAVE SHOWN BY INVESTING IN OUR MANUFACTURING AND SECTORS.
FEEL I
SURE THAT HONG "GIVEN THE CHANCE, ITSELF TO BE A COMPETITIVE SUPPLIER OF GOODS TO THE IN THE INTERESTS A DEVELOPMENT WHICH CAN ONLY BE CONSUMER, HE SAID.
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KONG WILL PROVE JAPANESE MARKET,
OF THE JAPANESE
THIS ISSUE HAD TURNING TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE, SIR DAVID SAID
LIVING AND WORKING IN HONG GREAT SIGNIFICANCE NOT ONLY FOR PEOPLE KONG, BUT FOR THOSE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHO HAD TRADE, INVESTMENT OTHER TIES WITH HONG KONG.
OR
KONG'S
HE SAID THAT THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON HONG FUTURE PROVIDED THAT, IN ALL THE KEY ASPECTS OF ITS ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, REPUBLIC HONG KONG AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S
AFTER OF CHINA WOULD CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS IT DID NOW FOR 50 YEARS
OF COURSE PASS FROM THE UNITED 1997, ALTHOUGH SOVEREIGNTY WOULD KINGDOM TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
"GOOD PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS
INTO EFFECT," THE JOINT DECLARATION IN THE THREE YEARS SINCE IT CAME HE SAID.
OF
THE ACHIEVEMENTS
MADE
IN
TRAVEL AND
AND TRADE
TRADE, THIS INCLUDED
SEPARATE MEMBERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS; AGREEMENT REACHED ON HONG KONG'S
ON TARIFFS
AND IN THE
THE CUSTOMS GENERAL AGREEMENT COOPERATION COUNCIL; AND THE WORK ON NEGOTIATING HONG KONG'S OWN AIR SERVICES AGREEMENTS AND ESTABLISHING ITS OWN SHIPPING REGISTER.
RANGE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AFTER 1997: AND THE WORK PARTICIPATION AFTER 1997 IN AND ORGANISATIONS
THERE WAS ALSO THE AGREEMENT ON A THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE MAY USE UP TO AND PROCEEDING TO ENSURE HONG KONG'S CONTINUED IN THE HUNDREDS
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS WHICH IT CURRENTLY PARTICIPATED.
OF
SIGNIFICANT EVENT WILL WILL SET OUT
KONG
"MUCH OF COURSE REMAINS TO BE DONE. A BE THE PUBLICATION IN MAY OF THE DRAFT BASIC LAW WHICH
OF THE FUTURE HONG FRAMEWORK THE CONSTITUTIONAL IN DETAIL SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION," HE SAID.
"BUT A GOOD START HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. AND THERE OF SIGNS OF CONFIDENCE IN THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
ARE
PLENTY
"
ECONOMY HAD MADE A
AND IN 1982
STRONG
1983,
WHEN
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT HONG KONG'S RECOVERY FROM ITS MODEST PERFORMANCE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HONG KONG'S FUTURE WAS AT ITS HEIGHT.
"WE WERE