THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1988
DONE TRADE
MR CHENG SAID THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, HONG KONG HAD A LOT TO DEVELOP ITS EXPORTS TO EUROPE AND JAPAN, AND BOTH THE
OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY HAD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENTS WORKED CLOSELY IN PROMOTING TRADE DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER,
STILL SOME
CONFUSION "THERE IS, RESPECTIVE ROLES. THIS SITUATION REQUIRES FURTHER EFFORTS AND RESOURCES ARE BEING UTILISED ON A HE SAID.
THEIR ON ABROAD REVIEW ΤΟ ENSURE COST-EFFECTIVE BASIS,
**
TRADE DELEGATIONS
BE
THAT MORE MR CHENG ALSO SUGGESTED ORGANISED WITH A BROADER-BASED PARTICIPATION THAN BEFORE.
SENIOR OPERATING LEVELS FROM THIS WILL RESULT IN INVESTMENT AND IN
"WE NEED TO ASSEMBLE PEOPLE AT TRADE, MANUFACTURING AS WELL AS SERVICE SECTORS.
IN FOREIGN A HIGHER SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION INCREASED TRADE,' HE SAID.
RATE
SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
AS
ON THE LABOUR SHORTAGE, MR CHENG KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND EVALUATE PROVEN IDEAS FROM OTHER PLACES SUCH THOSE IMPLEMENTED IN SINGAPORE AND IN GUAM.
A BUILD TEAM TO WORK LEAVE UPON THE
INVESTOR WHO DECIDES ΤΟ "FOR EXAMPLE, ANY FOREIGN HOTEL IN GUAM, I WAS TOLD, CAN BRING IN A CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROJECT WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE TEAM MUST COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT,' HE SAID.
"
ON THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE
ON
LOOK
SCIENCE MORE AT
AND
TECHNOLOGY,
MR
NEW AREAS, SUCH AS
CHENG SAID THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BIOTECHNOLOGY, RATHER THAN TRYING TO PLAY "A CATCH-UP GAME".
MANUFACTURING WITH MORE AND MORE
ACROSS MOVING
THE BORDER,
DESIGN AND THIS PART OF
THERE WAS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HONG KONG TO BECOME THE QUALITY CONTROL CENTRE FOR MANY PRODUCTS EXPORTED FROM THE WORLD TO NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE.
REFERRING
ΤΟ IMPROVEMENTS
SUGGESTED
AND "TIGRR"
OF LIFE KONG NEEDED A
TO THE QUALITY
HONG THAT
ENVIRONMENT, MR CHENG PROGRAMME WITH "REAL TEETH" TO COMBAT POLLUTION.
AT THE WAS FOR
IN
IN THE AREA OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND SPORTS, HE SAID FIRST FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING HE WAS SURPRISED HOW EASY IT
ΤΟ OBTAIN MILLIONS ORGANISATIONS TWO SUBSIDISED CULTURAL ADDITIONAL FUNDS BECAUSE THEY HAD FAILED TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
WORLD, BUSINESS IN THE
ONE
BUDGET. ΤΟ ACCORDING MANAGEMENT CONCERNED,'
"I
MUST
WAS SACKED
THE QUESTION
FOR
NOT CREDIBILITY
DELIVERING
OF
THE
·
HE SAID.
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