FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1989
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GOVT WELCOMES ROYAL VISIT
TODAY (FRIDAY) WELCOMED
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF
THE
SPOKESMAN
A GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT BY BUCKINGHAM PALACE THAT WALES WOULD VISIT HONG KONG,
THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES WILL BE IN HONG KONG FROM NOVEMBER 8
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10.
DETAILS OF THE ROYAL COUPLE'S PROGRAMME WILL
BE ANNOUNCED IN
DUE COURSE.
POWER COMPANY MEETS DEMANDS OF A ROBUST ECONOMY: SES
LOWER
YEARS HAS INCREASED ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION IN THE PAST FIVE BY OVER EIGHT PER CENT ANNUALLY WHILE CHARGES IN REAL TERMS ARE THAN THEY WERE IN 1983 AFTER TAKING INFLATION INTO ACCOUNT.
SAID THIS THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES. MRS ANSON CHAN,
"ELECTRICITY AND YOU" TODAY (FRIDAY) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE
LIMITED AT EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY THE OCEAN TERMINAL.
ECONOMY
"ELECTRICITY STOKES THE ENGINE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. OUR
CENT PER ANNUM IN REAL HAS ENJOYED ROBUST GROWTH AVERAGING 11 PER
MRS CHAN SAID. TERMS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
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"THANKS
TO SOUND
AND FORWARD-PLANNING
PRUDENT
CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO., LTD. HAS BEEN ABLE TO ANTICIPATE THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY AT COSTS THAT MUST BE OF MANY OTHER COUNTRIES.
中醫
INVESTMENT.
AND MEET THE ENVY
THE COMING DECADE. CHINA
AND LIGHT MRS CHAN NOTED THAT IN
FACILITIES TO MEET POWER WOULD CONTINUE TO INVEST IN NEW GENERATING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY.
SAID.
"INVESTMENTS AMOUNTING TO $60
BILLION ARE ANTICIPATED,' SHE
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"THIS
BEARS
AMPLE
TESTIMONY TO
THE
CONFIDENCE SHAREHOLDERS, BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS. CONTINUE TO HAVE IN THE TERM FUTURE AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG,"
ON ELECTRICAL SAFETY, MRS CHAN SAID BEEN AWARE OF PUBLIC CONCERN OVER THIS.
WHICH LONGER
THE
GOVERNMENT HAD LONG
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