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TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1990
HONG RONG.
IN
THE PEARL RIVER DELTA IS ALREADY THE HINTERLAND OF TWO MILLION PEOPLE ARE WORKING THERE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR HONG
MANY MORE PARMERS COMPANIES.
AND OTHERS MANUFACTURING KONG
1 SAW THE GUANGDONG PROVINCE ARE SELLING THEIR PRODUCE TO HONG KONG.
BORDER BRINGING QUEUE OF LORRIES WENDING THEIR WAY SOUTH ACROSS THE
HONG THOUSAND
KONG FOUR-AND-A-HALF THEIR PRODUCK PO HONG KONG.
GUANGDONG. AND THE VENTURES ARE OPERATING IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE.
AND CHINA, DELTA
PART OF IN PARTICULAR, IS THE FASTEST GROWING GUANGDONG HAS LONG OVERTAKEN SHANGHAI AS THE MAIN EXPORTING THANKS TO THE PRESENCE AND VIGOUR OF HONG KONG.
BUT
EQUALLY HONG
1
PROVINCE,
до
FOR
IN KONG'S GROWTH
THE EIGHTIES. AMAZING WITH GROWTH, COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED WITHOUT THE GROWTH OF TRADE
WORKERS.
KONG AND HỒNG KONG AND CHINA CHINA AND WITHOUT CHINESE
ARE BACH OTHER'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNERS AND EACH OTHER'S LARGEST INVESTORS. 1 BR SAY THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME AN IMPORTANT FACTOR WHICH MUST NOT
AND THE NEGLECTED. WE HAVE TO LOOK IN ECONOMIC TERMS AT HONG KONG PEARL RIVER DELTA AS A WHOLE, AND IF YOU DO THAT YOU SEE THE SCALE
REGION WITH THE PROSPECTS. HONG KONG AND THE DELTA TOGETHER FORM A
PREPARING HONG KONG IS
ITSELF PROSPECTS UNIQUE IN THE WORLD.
A MUTUALLY PROFITABLE ᎢᎻᎪᎢ . IT'S BUILDING NOW. PLANNING NOW, FOR
WE'VE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DELTA WHICH WILL DWARF ANYTHING
NOW. WE ARE SO FAR SEEN. SO THAT IS WHAT IS BEING AIMED AT, HERE, NOT SIMPLY THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG OR THE PEOPLE OF. HONG KONG ARE NOT SIMPLY TRYING TO KEEP HONG KONG TICKING OVER, WORKING AS IT IS A TODAY, BEYOND 1997. THEY WANT TO CONTINUE ITS DRAMATIC PROGRESS AS RESULT OF CONFIDENCE IN ITS FUTURE AND CONTINUED GROWING CO-OPERATION
AND CHINA
WITH THE WITH
AND WITH SOUTH,
PROVINCE.
PARTICULARLY
GUANGDONG
BECAUSE IT COMMENTS AND AGAINST
AND CONTEXT
NOW I AM OPEN
THAT DEAL
TO
THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION SEEMS TO ME A FACTOR WHICH 18 SOMETIMES MISSING IN THE ANALYSES WHICH I HAVE READ. BUT IT IS ONLY, I THINK.
INTO BACKGROUND
THE OF
FUTURE THAT ONE CAN GET WITH THE THE PROBLEMS OF THE PRESENT. SUCCESSFULLY
YOUR QUESTIONS.
HIS
MORNING WILSON
ANDREW MCEWEN (THE TIMES): ME HURD, THE SOUTH CHINA POST, THIS MORNING. QUOTED ONE OF THE OFFICIALS WHO SIR DAVID
CHINA HAD MADE SOME SAW IN
THAT TO CHINA, AS SAYING VISIT CONCESSIONS BUT THAT BRITAIN HAD ASKED FOR MORE AND THAT THE TWO SIDES NEEDED
HAVE THERE BEEN CONCESSIONS? COME CLOSER TOGETHER. THERE A SHIFT? AND IS IT TOO EARLY TO SPEAK OF OPTIMISM?
WAS
/MR HURD: