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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1988
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THE ONGOING ROLE WHICH MR BARROW SAID THE CHINA, GREATER
AND
SHARING THE GOVERNOR'S CONFIDENCE IN
MODERNISATION, HONG KONG WOULD PLAY IN CHINA'S
AT
OF THE CENTRE VISION OF A DYNAMIC HONG KONG ENCOMPASSING THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE MAINLAND, TAIWAN, HONG KONG
THIS DEVELOPMENT, WAS AN MACAU, PLAYING A VITAL ROLE IN SUSTAINING EXCITING ONE.
COMMUNITY
"THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY, AND I MEAN ALL THE
THE ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HAVE THE SELF-CONFIDENCE TO TAKE US THROUGH BEYOND. LET US VIEW 1997 AS A TIME OF OPPORTUNITY,'
THE MUST
THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND
HE CONCLUDED.
NEED TO PROMOTE FREE TRADE
LEADING FULL THE HON PAUL
HONG KONG MUST MAINTAIN ITS STANDING AS THE UNDISPUTED COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CENTRE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, WITH COMMITMENT TOWARDS THE PROMOTION OF FREE AND FAIR TRADE, CHENG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).
STANDARD AND LOCAL
AS THEIR CHENG
ANOTHER OBJECTIVE WAS TO CREATE AND DEVELOP A QUALITY
RESIDENTS FROM BOTH THE WHEREBY OF LIVING ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES, WHO BY CHOICE REGARDED HONG KONG HOME, COULD WORK AND LIVE IN HARMONY WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, MR SAID IN THE POLICY DEBATE.
GROWTH, DESPITE A SLOWDOWN IN THE RATE OF
WITH THE ECONOMIES COMPARED
WAS IN GOOD SHAPE
AROUND THE WORLD, HE SAID.
THE LOCAL ECONOMY OF MOST COUNTRIES
HOWEVER, WITH GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES AHEAD OF HONG KONG, PROTECTIONIST SENTIMENTS WERE WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT. STILL LURKING ABROAD.
PRESIDENT-ELECT OF REPRESENTATIVES
"EVEN WITH A FREE TRADE ADVOCATE LIKE THE U.S. GEORGE BUSH, HE STILL HAS TO CONTEND WITH A HOUSE AND A SENATE IN WASHINGTON WHICH ARE BOTH DOMINATED BY THE DEMOCRATS, HE COMMENTED.
"I
PROTECTIONIST TRADE BILLS, PARTICULARLY IN THE TEXTILES SECTOR, MIGHT WELL RAISE THEIR UGLY HEADS AGAIN.
HONG KONG MUST THEREFORE CONTINUE ITS
AND FREE TRADE IMAGE CONSTRUED AS UNFAIR, SECTOR.
ANY TO ELIMINATE INCLUDING THOSE IN
PROFESSIONAL
EFFORT TO PROMOTE ITS BE MIGHT PRACTICES WHICH
THE
SERVICE
/MR CHENG