THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1990
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THE
GOVERNOR SAID THAT 1997 MINDS OF OUR PLANNERS.
WAS NOT A SPECIAL DATE
IN
THE
"THEY PLAN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT BE LEAVING LEAST SIX MILLION PEOPLE WHO, COME WHAT MAY, WILL STILL
IN HONG KONG HOMES
21ST CENTURY, AND THEY PLAN INDUSTRIAL HONG KONG, HE SAID.
IN THE
——
THE AT
HAVE THEIR FOR POST-
SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG WAS ALL ABOUT TRADE AND FINANCE, GOVERNMENT LETTING BUSINESSMEN DO WHAT THEY DID BEST.
WOULD
THE PLAN
IMPROVEMENTS
AND
ΤΟ PHYSICAL KNEW TO BE NECESSARY. IT ENVIRONMENT FOR
THE GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO EDUCATION WHICH IT WOULD ALSO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SENSIBLE REGULATORY BUSINESS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS NEEDED OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE, HE SAID.
FOR A MAJOR DEVELOPED CENTRE
CANADA,
"WE WILL LOOK TO OUR MAIN TRADING PARTNERS, LIKE CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS WITH US, TO THE GAIN OF BOTH OF US.
BUSINESS INSTINCTS WILL RELY ON ECONOMICS AND THE IRREPRESSIBLE HONG KONG PEOPLE TO DO THE REST," THE GOVERNOR SAID.
TO
WE
OF
GOVERNOR WELCOMES U.S. DECISION ON MFN
DAVID THE GOVERNOR, SIR
WELCOMED THE DECISION
WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) BY PRESIDENT
IN
BUSH то
MAINTAIN
TORONTO CHINA'S
MOST FAVOURED NATION (MFN) STATUS.
UNIVERSAL SPEAKER'S FORUM,
AFTER SIR DAVID
SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS
LUNCHEON OF HONG KONG HAD BEEN LEADERS THAT ENDING
EXPLAINING TO U.S. GOVERNMENT AND CONGRESSIONAL MFN STATUS WOULD HAVE A VERY DRASTIC EFFECT ON HONG KONG.
ATTENDING
SAID
A
THE
-
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GOOD NEWS FOR HK: STI
* * * *
CHAN, RENEW CHINA'S
WELCOMED MOST
THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN
TAKEN
ΤΟ THE DECISION
BY PESIDENT BUSH FAVOURED NATION (MFN) STATUS FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
SAID.
"THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS FROM HONG KONG'S POINT OF
T
VIEW,' HE
BUSINESS
US OFFICIALS,
CHINA'S MPN
"OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG HAVE WORKED HARD TO CONVEY TO SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN THE MESSAGE THAT WITHDRAWAL OF STATUS WOULD HAVE SERIOUS ADVERSE EFFECTS ON HONG KONG. I BELIEVE THIS
MR CHAN SAID, MESSAGE HAS BEEN HEARD AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT,
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HE CAUTIONED, HOWEVER, THAT CONTINUED VIGILANCE WAS NEEDED.
"IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN MAY SEEK PASS LEGISLATION
WE ΤΟ
THE OVERTURN
PRESIDENT'S DECISION. CONTINUE TO WATCH DEVELOPMENTS VERY CLOSELY AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST ARGUE AGAINST ANY SUCH LEGISLATION, MR CHAN SAID.
"
TO
WILL
TO
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