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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1988
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TO PUBLICISE THE SCHEME, THE GOVERNMENT LARGE-SCALE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGINS TODAY.
IS ORGANISING A
VARIOUS PUT UP
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GROWING PROSPERITY BECOMES PROBLEM FOR HK:
HAMISH MACLEOD
HONG KONG HAS ITS PROBLEMS BUT THEY ARE MAINLY PROBLEMS OF
PROSPERITY.
THIS WAS SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, WHO ADDRESSED A MEETING IN MONTREAL OF THE HONG KONG CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
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"THE FUNDAMENTALS OF HONG KONG ARE GOING REMARKABLY WELL, HE "PROBLEMS CERTAINLY EXIST BUT THEY MUST BE KEPT IN PERSPECTIVE. OUR MAIN PROBLEMS ARE THOSE OF OUR GROWING PROSPERITY."
SAID.
MR MACLEOD SAID THAT A VERY HEALTHY GROWTH RATE OF 9IX PER CENT WAS EXPECTED THIS YEAR.
"PROPERTY AND SERVICES ARE BOOMING, HOTELS ARE FULL. ONE RESULT IS THAT WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE ECONOMY WHICH ENTAILS PROBLEMS WITH LABOUR SUPPLY, INFLATION AND POLLUTION," HE SAID.
"THERE IS, OF COURSE, A BRIGHT SIDE. OUR ECONOMY IS CHANGING AND SERVICES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT.
"IN 1986, 60 PER CENT OF OUR GDP WAS REPRESENTED BY THE SERVICES SECTOR - NOW IT IS 75 PER CENT, MANUFACTURERS ARE UPGRADING THEIR OPERATIONS AND THERE IS INCREASING OVERSEAS INVESTMENT, HE ADDED.
/MR MACLEOD