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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1988
HE SAID: "I THINK IT Is VERY EARLY IN THE STATE OF DISCUSSIONS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE RETURNING PEOPLE. THE KEY IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GO BACK.
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"WE AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL WANT ASSURANCES THAT THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE REASONABLY TREATED. BUT THE DISCUSSIONS ARE STILL AT A VERY EARLY STATE.'
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ON THE ISSUE OF FOREIGN LAW FIRMS,
THE GOVERNOR SAID: "THE SUGGESTION ABOUT CHANGING THE POLICY IS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT HONG KONG IS NOW INCREASINGLY A MAJOR CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE. HONG KONG LAW WILL CONTINUE то BE PRACTISED BY HONG KONG LAWYERS.
"THERE IS NOTHING IN THE SUGGESTIONS THAT HAD BEEN MADE FOR IMPROVING OUR PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WILL BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION."
RETURNING WITH THE GOVERNOR WERE LADY WILSON AND THEIR TWO SONS PETER AND ANDREW. THEY WERE GREETED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD; AND OMELCO MEMBERS SIR Q.W. LEE AND MR PETER C. WONG.
$120M TO HELP INSTITUTIONS DEVELOP RESEARCH CAPABILITY
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS EARMARKED $120 MILLION DURING 1988-91 TO ASSIST THE FIVE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TO DEVELOP THEIR RESEARCH CAPABILITY TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERTAKE CONTRACT RESEARCH WORK ON BEHALF OF INDUSTRY, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT A GRADUATION CEREMONY AT SHUE YAN COLLEGE. MR JACOBS SAID PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT AREA FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY AND TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WAS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
"IF HONG KONG IS TO MOVE AWAY FROM ITS TRADITIONAL RELIANCE ON LABOUR INTENSIVE ASSEMBLY WORK, MANUFACTURERS WILL HAVE ΤΟ DEVOTE A GREATER PROPORTION OF THEIR EFFORTS AND RESOURCES TO. PRODUCT INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS RESEARCH INTO PROCESSES TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND OUTPUT, HE SAID.
"QUALITY ASSURANCE