MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1990
'INCREASING INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION HAS ALSO NEED FOR MORE INNOVATION,
HE ADDED.
EMPHASISED THE
"THE WORLD AROUND US IS CHANGING WITH BREATHTAKING SPEED," MR LEUNG SAID,
"FORECASTING THE FUTURE AT
THIS
TIME IS MORE THAN USUALLY
HAZARDOUS.
"AT ANY
HONG RATE,
KONG'S EXTERNALLY ORIENTED LIKELY TO REMAIN VULNERABLE TO THE VICISSITUDES OF OUTSIDE EVENTS."
ECONOMY
IS
TI
RESILIENCE BUT HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIALISTS HAD PROVED THEIR THE PAST.
IN
THIS RESILIENCE IN IT WAS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE
THE CONDITIONS WITHIN YEARS AHEAD BY IMPROVING AND CREATING INDUSTRIALISTS COULD EXPLOIT THEIR OWN ENTREPRENEURSHIP,
THIS "I BELIEVE THAT, WITH
THE
WHICH
WINNING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE WILL FIND THE 1990'S A DECADE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, WE
OF REWARD AS MUCH AS A DECADE OF CHALLENGE," MR LEUNG SAID.
HK AND GUANGDONG CUSTOMS ANNUAL MEETING
A SEVEN-MAN DELEGATION, HEADED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, DEPARTED FOR CANTON THIS (MONDAY) MORNING FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING ON LIAISON ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE GUANGDONG BRANCH OF THE CUSTOMS GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
DRUG TRAFFICKING, SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES AND CUSTOMS CONTROL MEASURES WILL BE REVIEWED BY BOTH SIDES DURING THE MEETING. AT THE SAME TIME, COMPUTERISATION OF CUSTOMS AFFAIRS, SIMPLIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS AND THE ADOPTION OF A HARMONISED SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED.
THE HONG KONG CUSTOMS DELEGATION IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO HONG KONG ON MAY 6.
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