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SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1990
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING IN JAPAN OF HK'S IMPORTANCE -
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SIR DAVID FORD
IS A
UNDERSTANDING IN
JAPAN
KONG'S THE
OF HONG THERE
CLEAR IMPORTANCE NOT ONLY IN THE REGION BUT ALSO AS A GATEWAY TO CHINA, CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) ON HIS FROM A SIX-DAY VISIT TO JAPAN.
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SIR DAVID TO SEE JAPANESE BY AN INCREASING POLITICIANS AND CONTINUING
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT THIS EVENING, SAID THAT HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE INTERESTS IN HONG KONG WHICH WOULD BE MANIFESTED NUMBER OF OFFICIAL VISITS, VISITS FROM INVESTMENT.
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DESCRIBING THE VISIT AS A VERY STIMULATING WEEK, SIR DAVID SAID THE MINISTRIES HE HAD MET OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS FROM THREE
CONSTRUCTION AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE MINISTRY OF MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
PEOPLE OVER INTERESTED IN ABOUT ITS
"I HAVE ALSO HAD MEETINGS WITH ABOUT 200 BUSINESS THE COURSE OF THE WEEK. EVERYONE I MET WAS EXTREMELY HONG KONG, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT IT AND VERY POSITIVE FUTURE, HE SAID.
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BUILT THE CHIEF SECRETARY HAD VISITED THE KANSAL AIRPORT BEING
HE SAID IT WAS IN OSAKA AND THE HONSHU-SHIKOKU BRIDGES IN OKAYAMA.
THESE NEW PROJECTS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US IN HONG KONG TO SEE HOW
WHICH WERE BEING MANAGED AND FINANCED AND THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS WERE TAKING PLACE ON THOSE PROJECTS.
LOT WHICH I WILL
BE
WITH DISCUSSING "I
A HAVE LEARNT COLLEAGUES OVER OUR OWN PROJECTS FOR THE PORT AND AIRPORT".
ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF JAPANESE
DAVID SAID ΤΟ HONG PASSPORT
KONG PEOPLE, SIR GOVERNMENT HAD MADE AN APPROACH TO THE JAPANESE UNDERSTOOD IT WAS UNDER CONSIDERATION.
"IT
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MY
GOVERNMENT
THAT GOVERNMENT
THE
GRANTING BRITISH AND
HE
THE
JAPANESE IS ALSO CLEAR TO ME FOLLOWING MY VISIT THAT
FOR VERY
THE LAW
JAPANESE DIFFICULT NATIONALITY
WILL MAKE IT
FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ΤΟ RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THAT REQUEST GOVERNMENT.
OUT VERY
"BUT
AS THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAD POINTED CLEARLY THERE ARE MANY OTHER WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN, AND INDERD ARE HELPING HONG KONG, BY POSITIVELY INCREASING THEIR INVESTMENT AND CONTINUING TO SUPPORT IT IN OTHER WAYS. HE SAID.
THEY HERE
OF
REPLYING TO ANOTHER QUESTION ON CHINA'S REACTION TO PASSING
DAVID SAID HE THE NATIONALITY BILL BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, SIR HOPED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD UNDERSTAND THE MOTIVATION FOR THIS MOVE WAS PURELY TO DEAL WITH THE PRACTICAL LEAVING HONG KONG AND NOTHING MORE.
PROBLEM OF PEOPLE
/HE SAID