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INCLUDED AMONG THESE WERE THE SALE BY TENDER OF THE LARGEST REMAINING SITE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, THE SECURING OF A US$135 BILLION LOAN BY HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW CONTAINER TERMINALS, THE GRANTING OF A CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE TO A CONSORTIUM OF U.S., BELGIAN AND HONG KONG INTERESTS AND THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF JAPANESE INVESTMENTS IN HONG KONG SINCE JUNE 4.
ON THE BRAIN DRAIN ISSUE, MR LO SAID THAT AS A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE, HONG KONG WOULD NEVER STOP THOSE WHO WISHED TO LEAVE.
"WHEN THERE ARE THOSE THAT LEAVE, WE HOPE 'THAT AS MANY AS POSSIBLE WILL REALISE WHAT AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE HONG KONG IS, 80 THAT THEY RETURN TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMIC SUCCESS.
HE ADDED THAT WHERE THERE WERE GAPS IN THE SKILLS HONG KONG NEEDED, THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO REPLACE THEM.
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IN THIS RESPECT, THE GOVERNOR HAD RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME FOR THE EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION, IN WHICH THE NUMBER OF FIRST DEGREE PLACES WOULD BE MORE THAN DOUBLED OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS, HE SAID..
MR LO TOLD HIS AUDIENCE THAT DESPITE THE EVENTS OF JUNE HONG KONG HAD MANAGED TO PULL THROUGH AND EMERGE THE STRONGER FOR IT.
"I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HONG KONG OF RECENT EVENTS FITTER AND MORE VIGOROUS THAN BEFORE.
WILL COME OUT
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FARMING INDUSTRY MAINTAINS STEADY GROWTH
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THE LOCAL. FARMING INDUSTRY IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN A STEADY GROWTH WITH THE ADVANCE IN MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND THE CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT IN PRODUCTION METHODS, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, CHAN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
MRS ANSON
SPEAKING AT THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE JOINT FEDERATION OF HONG KONG AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND MARKETING SOCIETIES AND THE FIRST FARMERS DAY", MRS CHAN PRAISED HONG KONG'S FAMERS FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT.
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PRODUCTS,
"THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE THREE MAIN AGRICULTURAL NAMELY PIGS, CHICKENS AND VEGETABLES PRODUCED IS ESTIMATED TO EXCEED $1.2 BILLION.
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WE CAN BE JUSTLY PROUD OF OUR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WHICH HAS BEEN ABLE TO ATTAIN SUCH SATISFACTORY RESULTS IN THE FACE OF NUMEROUS RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. SHE SAID.
/MRS CHAN