THE FOLLOWING IS A JOINT AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS:
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1990
STATEMENT
ISSUED BY THE GUANGDONG
"IN RESPONSE TO THE HONG KONG SIDE'S SUGGESTION, BORDER LIAISON OFFICIALS FROM BOTH HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG HELD A MEETING IN SHENZHEN ON 30 MAY ABOUT THE CASE OF THE HONG KONG SMUGGLING VESSEL WHICH HAPPENED ON 3 MAY.
"AT THE MEETING, BOTH SIDES GAVE THEIR OWN ACCOUNT OF THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS AND HELD CONSULTATIONS ON HOW TO RESOLVE THE CASE. THE GUANGDONG SIDE AGREED TO RELEASE THE ARRESTED MEN AND THE BOATS AND STATED THAT THE SMUGGLED CARS HAD BEEN CONFISCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT CHINESE LAWS.
"AT THE MEETING BOTH SIDES EXCHANGED VIEWS ON IMPROVING COOPERATION AND MEASURES TO CURB SMUGGLING BETWEEN GUANGDONG AND HONG KONG. BOTH SIDES STRESSED THAT ON THE BASIS OF PREVIOUS FRIENDLY COOPERATION, FURTHER LIAISON WOULD HELP TO CURB SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE PEACE AND GOOD ORDER OF THE HONG KONG/GUANGDONG BORDER.
NEW BANK HEADQUARTERS A SYMBOL OF COMMITMENT
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF
STANDARD IS THE MAJOR BUILDING, SIR DAVID SAID: "SO EQUALLY BANK HAS MADE IN RENOVATING THE WHOLE OF ITS BRANCH
NEW
ONE BUILDING, KONG AND PROVIDING, IN THIS LARGEST DEALING ROOMS."
THE IMPRESSIVE NEW HEADQUARTERS OF THE STANDARD CHARTERED IS A SYMBOL OF THE BANK'S CONTINUING INVOLVEMENT IN AND COMMITMENT HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
BANK
TO
CHARTERED BANK INVESTMENT THE
THE NEW
OF
NETWORK IN HONG THE TERRITORY'S
THE
GOVERNOR SAID
THE
STANDARD
CHARTERED
HONG KONG ITSELF, GROWN AND PROSPERED SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT TERRITORY OVER 130 YEARS AGO.
BANK HAD,
LIKE IN THE
INDEED HONG
KONG NOW
PROVIDES
ONE
OF THE
BANK'S
MAIN
WORLDWIDE PROFIT CENTRES.
"FOR US, STANDARD CHARTERED AS
ONE
OF IS
BANKS WITH A NETWORK OF OVER 100 BRANCHES, OUR ECONOMY, HE SAID.
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OUR TWO NOTE-ISSUING AN IMPORTANT PART OF
THE GOVERNOR POINTED
OUT THAT
STANDARD CHARTERED
AND OUR PERIODIC TIMES
IN MAINTAINING AND HAD PLAYED ITS PART OVER THE YEARS ALL IMPORTANT STABILITY IN THE TERRITORY'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
BANK HAD
OF
SHARED IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC SUCCESSES DIFFICULTY
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