SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1989
HK JOINS INTERNATIONAL TRADE SEMINAR
HÙNG HƯNG WILL TAKE PART IN AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON ASIA-PACIFIC CO-OPERATION IN TOKYO NEXT WEEK.
AT THE INVITATION OF JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE ORGANISATION (JETRO). THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY. MR ANDREW LEUNG. AND A LEADING LOCAL INDUSTRIALIST. MR HENRY TANG, WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SEMINAN TO BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 27 TO DECEMBER 1.
THE SIX-DAY "GLOBAL CONTRIBUTION SEMINAR" IS ORGANISED BY JETRO AND THE JAPAN ECONOMIC FOUNDATION JEFI AND [S SUPPORTED BY JAPAN'S MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY (MITI).
THE PURPOSE OF THE SEMINAR
TO OFFER A FORUM FOR THE ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON VARIOUS ISSUES CONCERNING THE ECONOMY. INTERNATIONAL TRADE. INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.
IT 18 ALSO HOPED THAT THE SEMINAR WILL FACILITATE 'TIE PROMOTION OF INTER-REGIONAL CO-OPERATION IN THE COMING YEARS. LINKING IT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD ECONOMY.
MR LEUNG AND MR TANG WILL BE REPRESENTING HONG KONG'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS RESPECTIVELY.
MR LEUNG WILL JOIN THE DISCUSSION SESSIONS ON "CURRENT AND FUTURE ISSUES ON TRADE INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER IN THE ASTA-PACIFIC REGION" AND "THE ASTA-PACIFIC ECONOMY AND ISSUES OF ECONOMIC POLICY: THE PROCESSING STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POLICIES".
AND
THE COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE SEMINAR INCLUDE STATES. CANADA. AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, KOREA. SINGAPORE. MALAYSIA. THE PHILIPPINES. THAILAND AND BRUNET.
INDUSTRIAL
THE UNITED
INDONESIA.
EXPAND ITS
MR LEUNG SAID HE HOPED TIONG KONG CAN RENEW AND CONTACTS WITH MITI AND JETRO BY TAKING PART AND SHOWING ITS CONTINUED INTEREST IN SOLICITING JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT.
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SURVEY ON OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IN HIONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. JAPAN CONTINUES TO BE THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF INVESTMENT. CONTRIBUTING 27 PER CENT OF TOTAL OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG.
"JAPAN INVESTED MORE IN HONG KONG'S
ANY OTHER INVESTING COUNTRIES,
IF ITS PRESENT RATE OP INVESTMENT CHALLENGE THE UNITED STATES WHICHE HAS POSITION FOR YEARS. "MR LEUNG SAID.
INDUSTRIES IN 1988 THAN
CONTINUES. IT
BEEN OCCUPYING
MAY SOON THE FIRST
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