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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1989
SPECIAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ROYAL VISIT TO WESTERN DISTRICT
BUS AND TRAM PASSENGERS ARE ADVISED TO NOTE SERVICE CHANGES ARISING FROM THE VISIT TO WESTERN DISTRICT BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES TOMORROW I[RIDAY) MORNING.
TRAMS WILL OPERATE NORMALLY INT11. 9.30 AM BUT FROM THEN UNTIL ABOUT 12 NOON TRAM OPERATION BETWEEN MARKET AND CENTRE STREET WILL NE SUSPENDED.
BUS SERVICES WILL ALSO BE DIVERTED FROM THE EASTERN END OF DES VOEUX ROAD WEST BETWEEN 8 AM AND 12 NOON, AND BUS PASSENGERS ARE ADVISED TO READ NOTICES ON BUS STOPS FOR DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL SERVICE DIVERSIONS.
GLOBAL FREE TRÅDE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE ECONOMY
AS PAST DEVELOPMENTS HAVE CLEARLY SHOWN, GLOBAL FREE TRADE IS THE BEST POSSIBLE FOUNDATION ON WHICH TO BUILD THE FUTURE ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF HONG KONG, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID TODAY THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON FOR THE FRESIDENTS OF THE OVERSEAS HONG KONG ASSOCIATIONS, SIR PIERS SAID HONG KONG WAS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO FREE TRADE AND THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM EMBODIED IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE.
"OUR OPEN MARKET POLICY APPLIES TO TRADE IN GOODS, FINANCIAL AND OTHER SERVICES, AS WELL AS INVESTMENTS IN INDUSTRIES," HE SAID.
HONG KONG. ΚΙΤΗ 1TS STRATEGIC LOCATION, HIGHLY EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOPHISTICATED COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, OCCUPIED A PLACE OF IMPORTANCE IN THE INCREASINGLY PROSPEROUS ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, SIR PIERS NOTED.
IN VIEW OF HONG
ECONOMIC
"THIS RELATIONSHIP IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT KONG'S UNIQUE POSITION TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS CHINA'S OVERALL
DEVELOPMENT.
"WITH OUR LONG EXPERIENCE AND PROVEN EXPERTISE IN TRADING AND OUR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF CHINA. WE HAVE A LOT TO OFFER ΤΟ WESTERN TRADERS WIK ARE KEEN ON DEVELOPING THE POTENTIALLY VAST CHINESE MARKET." HE SAID.
SIR PIERS TOLD THE OVERSEAS VISITORS THAT THE IMPACT OF RECENT EVENTS IN CHINA ON OUR ECONOMY HAD BEEN TEMPORARY.
"THE FUNDAMENTAL