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TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1989
DR LEE SHIU-HUNG, AGED 55, JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS A MEDICAL AND HEALTH OFFICER IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN APRIL 1960. HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN MAY 1973 AND TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN JANUARY 1977. DR LEE HAS BEEN ACTING OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES SINCE NOVEMBER 1 LAST YEAR.
AS DIRECTOR
DR TERENCE CHAU TUEN-YIN, AGED 47, JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS A MEDICAL AND HEALTH OFFICER IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN JULY 1966. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN DECEMBER 1985 AND TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN AUGUST LAST YEAR.
HK'S FUTURE AS ASIA PACIFIC'S MAJOR BUSINESS FINANCIAL CENTRE
THE HARD ECONOMIC EVIDENCE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION POINT CLEARLY TOWARDS A SMOOTH TRANSITION IN 1997 AND A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE FOR HONG KONG AS THE MAJOR REGIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL CENTRE OF THE ASIA PACIFIC.
YORK,
THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE IN NEW MR KERRY MCGLYNN, TOLD THE WESTERN WISCONSIN EXPORT CONFERENCE
IN EAU CLAIRE THIS YESTERDAY (MARCH 20).
MR MCGLYNN SAID FOR THE UNITED STATES HONG KONG WOULD ALSO BE A LUCRATIVE EXPORT MARKET AND THE GATEWAY TO THE ENORMOUS AND LARGELY UNTAPPED CHINESE MARKET.
MR MCGLYNN SAID AFTER 1997, HONG KONG WOULD STILL HAVE ITS CAPITALIST FREE MARKET SYSTEM WITH FULL AUTHORITY OVER ITS OWN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY POLICIES, ITS OWN FREELY CONVERTIBLE CURRENCY WITH NO EXCHANGE CONTROLS, AND IT WOULD CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE ITS OWN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS.
HONG KONG WOULD FUNCTION UNDER ITS OWN DISTINCT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE MAINLAND, HE SAID.
"BUT THERE ARE TWO SPECIFIC FACTORS WHICH WILL ENHANCE ITS ROLE AS AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE AND A MARKET FOR AMERICAN GOODS AND SERVICES.
"FIRST AS A REGIONAL FINANCIAL, COMMUNICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT CENTRE, HONG KONG WILL BENEFIT ENORMOUSLY FROM THE RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION AS A WHOLE.
/"SECONDLY, AND