FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1990
VISIT TO NORTH AMERICA TO KEEP PEOPLE UP-TO-DATE: GOVERNOR
HIS
THE GOVERNOR,
OF SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE VISIT TO NORTH AMERICA IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA ARE KEPT UP-TO-DATE AND WELL-INFORMED ON THE DETAILS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HONG KONG.
SPEAKING то REPORTERS BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FOR LONDON, FIRST WHERE TONIGHT (FRIDAY), SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD GO TO NEW YORK HE WOULD BE TALKING AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ASIA SOCIETY, WHICH IN IS A VERY LARGE ORGANISATION IN THE UNITED STATES WITH AN INTEREST ASIA.
"THEY ARE DEVOTING THEIR ANNUAL DINNER THIS YEAR, AND THE WHOLE DAY ON
THE DAY ON TO HONG KONG WITH A SEMINAR THROUGHOUT MONDAY, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE AND AFTER 1997," HE SAID.
SIR DAVID
WILL ALSO BE MEETING MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES YORK AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.
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VISIT GOVERNOR WILL THEN GO TO CANADA FOR AN OFFICIAL OTTAWA AND TORONTO.
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"IT WILL BE THE FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO OTTAWA BY A GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID.
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"IT'S A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO BUILD UP RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH CANADA WHICH HAS BEEN INCREASING OVER YEARS. TRADE HAS BEEN INCREASING, THERE ARE OF COURSE A LOT OF
HONG FROM
KONG NOW LIVING IN CANADA, PARTICULARLY
TORONTO,"
ADDED.
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"SO IT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ACROSS TO THOSE PEOPLE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HONG KONG SO THAT THEY ARE BROUGHT UP-TO-DATE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THERE ARE FOR AND OTHER INVOLVEMENT FROM CANADA IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
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ASKED ABOUT CHINA'S MOST FAVOURED NATION STATUS IN TRADE THE UNITED STATES, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS SOMETHING HE WOULD WANT TO GET ACROSS IN THE UNITED STATES: "THAT THIS IS NOT QUESTION OF UNITED STATES RELATIONS WITH CHINA, WHICH MUST BE A MATTER A FOR THE UNITED STATES, NOT US, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WHICH WILL HAVE VERY MARKED EFFECT ON HONG KONG.
"AND
THOSE
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WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THEY COME I
TO MAKING DECISIONS, THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE IMPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG, THE DECISIONS THAT THEY WILL TAKE ON MFN STATUS, HE SAID.
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