WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1989
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GIFTS AND HOUSEWARE FAIR OPENS
HONG KONG MUST CONTINUOUSLY SEEK
NOT ONLY TO
IN
THE
EXPORTS BUT ALSO TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ITS PRODUCTS
OF CONSUMERS EVER-CHANGING MEET THE SOPHISTICATED AND COMPETITIVE OVERSEAS MARKETS.
DEMANDS
DIVERSIFY ITS IN ORDER TO INCREASINGLY
SAID THIS
THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1989 HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL GIFTS HOUSEWARE FAIR TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
AND
MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF AND HOUSEWARE EXCEEDED $59 BILLION IN 1988.
GIFTS
FLEXIBILITY, EFFICIENCY "I AM CONFIDENT THAT GIVEN THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, HONG KONG EXPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS WILL
EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE UPON THIS YEARS AHEAD," HE SAID.
AND
BE THE
NUMBER OF
MR CHAN SAID IT WAS CERTAINLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THE EXHIBITORS HAD MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM 128 LAST YEAR TO 310 THIS YEAR.
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"THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT OVERSEAS
THE
RESPONSE PARTICIPATE.
OVERWHELMING
EXHIBITORS ARE INVITED HAS REAFFIRMED THE
HE PAID TRIBUTE TO
POPULARITY OF THE EVENT, HE SAID.
ON DESIGN ORIGINALITY,
THE GIFTS NEW DESIGNS.
AND
HE
HOUSEWARE COMPETITION WHICH PROMOTED AND ENCOURAGED WAS ALSO IMPRESSED BY THE HIGH STANDARD DISPLAYED BY THE CONTESTANTS.
GOVERNOR TO VISIT KWAI TSING TOMORROW
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DISTRICT
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT KWAI TSING TOMORROW THURSDAY) TO SEE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS TO IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT THERE.
YIP
SIR DAVID WILL LOOK AT A DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT SHING STREET, KWAI CHUNG, THE RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN UPPER KWAI CHUNG AREA AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENTS ON TSING YI ISLAND,
/HE WILL ...