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GOVERNOR VISITS PARIS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) MADE A STRONG PLEA FOR A FREE TRADING APPROACH TO THE URUGUAY ROUND OF GATT AND TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S INTERNAL MARKET.
THIS WAS PUT ACROSS DURING THE MEETINGS SIR DAVID HAD AND IN A TALK HE GAVE IN PARIS WHEN HE BEGAN THE LAST LEG OF HIS VISIT ΤΟ THREE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THIS WEEK.
SIR DAVID AVOIDED THE TROUBLE CAUSED BY A GENERAL STRIKE CALLED BY FRENCH RAILWAY WORKERS BY SWITCHING FROM A TRAIN TO A PLANE FOR HIS JOURNEY FROM BRUSSELS.
THE MAJOR FUNCTION IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROGRAMME WAS HIS ATTENDANCE AT A SEMINAR ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OFFICE IN PARIS AND ONE OF FRANCE'S LEADING BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, THE FRENCH EMPLOYERS FEDERATION, KNOWN AS CNPF,
THE FEDERATION HAS ORGANISED TWO MAJOR CONFERENCES ON HONG KONG IN THE PAST, IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR AND MARCH THIS YEAR.
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THE LATTER CONCENTRATED ON INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROSPECTS WAS ADDRESSED BY THE DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR JOHN YAXLEY: DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K.Y. YEUNG; INDUSTRIALIST AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR ALLEN LEE AND A BANKER, MR RICHARD MARGOLIS.
THE CNPF IS ALSO INVOLVED IN A STUDY ON JOINT VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES WITH FRENCH BUSINESS COMMISSIONED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.
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THE GOVERNOR GAVE THE KEYNOTE SPEECH AT THE CNPF SEMINAR. ENTITLED "HONG KONG AT THE GATES OF THE YEAR 2000". IT WAS CHAIRED THE CHAIRMAN OF CNPF'S SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMITTEE, MR JEANCOURT GALIGNANI, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF BANQUE INDO-SUEZ.
SPEECHES ON RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND FRANCE, BUSINESS PROSPECTS IN HONG KONG BOTH AT PRESENT AND IN THE FUTURE AND ON ACCESS TO CHINA WERE ALSO GIVEN BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN; THE CONSUL GENERAL OF FRANCE IN HONG KONG, MR FRANCOIS SOULE-SUSBIELLES; THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IN HONG KONG, MR DANIEL BOURGERY: THE CHAIRMAN OF PRUDENTIAL ASIA, DR VICTOR FUNG; AND THE CHAIRMAN LYONNAISE DES EAUX, MR JEROME MONOD.
THE SEMINAR WAS ATTENDED BY AROUND 200 INFLUENTIAL FROM ALL OVER FRANCE.
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