FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1988
GOOD RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR'S EUROPEAN TOUR
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT HE WAS VERY SATISFIED WITH THE INTEREST THAT HAD BEEN SHOWN IN HONG IN ALL THE THREE CITIES HE VISITED AS PART OF HIS EUROPEAN TOUR WEEK.
KONG THIS
CASE
BONN,
I AM GLAD TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT HONG KONG'S TO OFFICIALS, BUSINESSMEN AND OTHER PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE IN BRUSSELS AND PARIS AND : HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE WARMTH AND ENTHUSIASM SHOWN TOWARDS HONG KONG IN EACH OF THE THREE CITIES," SIR DAVID SAID.
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"I HOPE THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REMOVE SOME OF THE DOUBTS OVERSEAS FRIENDS MAY HAVE HAD ABOUT HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND GIVE INVESTORS A CLEARER IDEA OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST IN THE TERRITORY, BOTH NOW AND I
IN THE FUTURE."
HE SAID HE HAD BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE LARGE TURNOUT AT THE THREE TALKS HE GAVE AND BY THE TYPE AND RANGE OF QUESTIONS WHICH WERE RAISED BY THE NOTABLY WELL INFORMED AUDIENCES.
"THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY IS OUR THIRD LARGEST TRADING PARTNER," THE GOVERNOR ADDED.
IN
MARKET IMPORTANCE TRADE AND
"AS IT MOVES TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SINGLE 1992, WE MUST CONTINUE TO REMIND THE MEMBER STATES OF THE OF FREE TRADE AND OF THE ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT IN THE BOOMING ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, OF WHICH HONG KONG 1S THE HUB."
THE GOVERNOR MADE THESE COMMENTS AFTER A SECOND DAY IN PARIS, BRINGING HIS FIVE-DAY TOUR OF EUROPE TO A CLOSE.
FRENCH
CONTINUING TO PROMOTE HONG KONG AND ITS ATTRACTIONS, HE HAD MEETINGS TODAY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC RELATIONS, MR FRANCOIS DAVID, AND THE FOREIGN MINISTER, MRS EDWIGE AVICE.
HE ALSO CALLED ON THE MAYOR OF PARIS, MR JACQUES CHIRAC.
SIR DAVID LATER LEFT FOR LONDON WHERE CONSULTATIONS WITH MINISTERS AND OTHER MEETINGS BEGINNING NEXT MONDAY (OCTOBER 241.
DEPUTY
HE WILL OVER
HAVE THREE DAYS
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