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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1989
"THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL JOIN FORCES WITH INDUSTRIALISTS TO COUNTER ALL UNFAIR CHARGES.
ALWAYS, LEAVE
"IN SHORT, WE WILL, AS STRIVE FOR MORE AND BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR HONG HE SAID.
NO
STONE UNTURNED ΤΟ KONG BUSINESSMEN,
HONG KONG'S
ECONOMIC
TURNING TO FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO CONDITIONS, MR CHAN SAID IT WAS COMFORTING TO NOTE THAT THE IMPACT THE PEKING INCIDENT ON HONG KONG'S ECONOMY HAD NOT BEEN AS SERIOUS INITIALLY EXPECTED.
OF
AS
"BUT
OBVIOUSLY SOME
INDUSTRIES ARE
TOURIST INDUSTRY HAS NOT BEEN DOING WELL LATELY, HAVE ADOPTED A CAUTIOUS, WAIT-AND-SEE ATTITUDE,
MR CHAN
KONG'S SAID HONG
ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE AFFECTED BY EXTERNAL POSITION, THE FREE-TRADE POLICY THAT WE UPHELD INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
HARD-HIT; RATHER
THE
AND MANY INVESTORS
** " HE SAID.
PERFORMANCE
OF OUR GEOGRAPHICAL AND OUR RELIANCE ON
WAS EASILY
OUR AFFECT
OPINIONS AND ECONOMY
"THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL CLIMATE, DIPLOMATIC OVERALL THE
GLOBAL
CONDITION WILL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, HE SAID.
ECONOMIC
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KONG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT HONG
LOCAL
AND BUSINESSMEN, WERE CAPABLE OF INDUSTRIALISTS
MEETING THESE IN THE CHALLENGES AS THEY HAD SUCCESSFULLY OVERCOME DIFFERENT TRIALS PAST.
"THE
KONG HONG
GOVERNMENT KONG'S TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TERRITORY'S FUTURE.
RECOGNISES
THAT
PROMOTING
ΤΟ IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE
HONG THE
WORK FOR A
"FOR THIS REASON, WE WILL CONTINUE, AS BEFORE, TO
HELP CONGENIAL INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN A BID
KONG'S ECONOMY AND TRADE," HE AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG SAID.
KWEI TO SUCCEED BEATON AS DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT MR HAROLD BEATON, ON OCTOBER 18. MR KWEI SEE-KAN, DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS WILL RETIRE
DIRECTOR OF PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEER, WILL SUCCEED MR BEATON AS HIGHWAYS.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE TWO OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
/MR HAROLD ******