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FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1990
THE OVER ONE MILLION
"ALSO HELPING CEMENT THE LINK ARE JAPANESE TOURISTS WHO VISIT THE TERRITORY EACH YEAR.
AND
A
"THE CONTACTS ARISING FROM THEIR VISITS ARE QUITE EXTENSIVE
FRIENDS TO HAVE
BETTER ENORMOUS, HELPING OUR JAPANESE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUENESS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF HONG KONG, AND THE RESILIENCE OF ITS PEOPLE, HE ADDED.
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ON THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP, MR LAN SAID NINE OF JAPAN'S TOP 10 BANKS HAD OFFICES IN HONG KONG, THERE WERE 15 JAPANESE DEPARTMENT STORES AND JAPANESE FIRMS HAD HELPED BUILD SEVERAL MAJOR HIGHWAYS.
"WE WELCOME JAPANESE BUSINESSMEN TAKING A LONG-TERM VIEW FOR
BEEN THEIR INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG. WE'VE
ENCOURAGED BY SOME VERY IN THE
IN TERRITORY SIGNIFICANT JAPANESE INVESTMENT
THE PAST 12 MONTHS," HE SAID.
MR LAN SAID HONG KONG ALSO WELCOMED OVERSEAS BUSINESSES TO TAKE PART IN ITS INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE NEW AIRPORT AND PORT DEVELOPMENT.
"HONG KONG IS PLEASED TO KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF JAPANESE FIRMS HAVE INDICATED INTEREST IN THE PROJECTS, HE ADDED.
"
IMPORTANT YEAR FOR IMPROVING FSD CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
IMPROVING
BE AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR THIS YEAR IS PROVING TO CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR STAFF OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT'S CIVIL SECRETARY, MR PETER FINLAY, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE
OFFICERS AND 40 MR FINLAY WAS SPEAKING TO SEVEN FIRE STATION
AT A PASSING-OUT FIREMEN, WHO HAD COMPLETED 26 WEEKS OF TRAINING, PARADE AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG.
IN REDUCTION
(WEEKLY) HOURS OF "WE HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED A
OTHER WORK FOR FIREMEN, FROM 60 TO 54 AND ARE AT PRESENT LOOKING INTO
AND AMBULANCEMEN, HE DEPARTMENTAL ISSUES WHICH MAY BENEFIT FIREMEN SAID.
THE
THEY MOST
MR FINLAY SAID THE GRADUATING STAFF SHOULD BE PROUD SINCE HAD PROVED THEMSELVES FIT AND ABLE TO BECOME PART OF ONE OF DISTINGUISHED DISCIPLINED SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
HE SAID HE WAS SURE THAT THE GRADUATES WOULD SUCCEED CHOSEN PROFESSION WHICH WAS A DEMANDING BUT MOST SATISFYING WHICH WAS INVALUABLE TO HONG KONG.
IN THEIR ONE,
AND
/"I BELIEVE