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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1988
ANOTHER IMPORTANT LINK ESTABLISHED WITH GUANGDONG: SIR DAVID
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ANOTHER IMPORTANT LINK
PROVINCE WHICH
PLAYS A VITAL
HAS BEEN
PART
ESTABLISHED WITH GUANGDONG ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID
THE IN BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA, THE DEPUTY TO FORD, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING
AT
OF THE HONG SAID THE MAJOR BETWEEN
THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY KONG-GUANGDONG OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE SYSTEM, SIR DAVID FACILITY WOULD GREATLY EXPAND THE SCOPE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG PROVINCE.
CENTRE IN ASIA, HONG
WITHIN
"AS A LEADING FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL KONG DEPENDS ON EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOTH THE TERRITORY AND WITH ITS TRADING PARTNERS.
IN
OUR
ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY
IS
THE
"CLEARLY, A KEY ELEMENT GROWTH OF HONG KONG ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA," SIR DAVID SAID.
HE SAID HONG KONG AND CHINA WERE EACH OTHER'S PARTNERS, AND THE NEIGHBOURING PROVINCE OF GUANGDONG PART IN THIS ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP.
LARGEST TRADING PLAYED A VITAL
"MUCH OF
HONG
KONG'S
INVESTMENT
GUANGDONG PROVINCE, EMPLOYING DIRECTLY AND 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE.
IS
CONCENTRATED
IN THE INDIRECTLY IN EXCESS OF
THE
"THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH GUANGDONG AND WITH
SET TO BECOME A MAJOR REST OF CHINA, HONG KONG IS
AND ECONOMIC THE WORLD," SIR DAVID FINANCIAL LINK BETWEEN CHINA AND THE REST OF SAID.
HE SAID THE NEW OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE SYSTEM WOULD
BENEFIT IMPORTANT STEP IN FOSTERING THAT LINK, TO THE KONG AND CHINA.
BE ONE MORE OF BOTH HONG
THAT WE
KEEP
"HONG KONG'S CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH REQUIRES PACE WITH THE INCREASING SOPHISTICATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES.
"THIS NEW COVERING VOICE, TRANSMISSIONS.
DATA
HIGH-CAPACITY SYSTEM PROVIDES
AND VIDEO
DIGITAL
OR
CAPABILITY ANY COMBINATION OF THESE
"IT IS A MAJOR STEP
AN TOWARDS
EVEN MORE BETWEEN SYSTEM TELECOMMUNICATIONS COST-EFFECTIVE GUANGDONG," SIR DAVID SAID.
EFFICIENT HONG KONG
AND
AND
(HONG
OF CABLE AND WIRELESS THE NEW SYSTEM IS THE COMBINED EFFORT KONG) AND THE GUANGDONG POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE BUREAU.
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