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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1990
HK'S ATTRIBUTES AS TRADING, FINANCIAL, SERVICES CENTRE OUTLINED
CERTAINLY CHAN,
HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE ARE COMPETITORS BUT THEY ARE NOT ALTERNATIVES, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE HONG KONG INVESTMENT SEMINAR HELD IN SINGAPORE,
AND MORE. AND MR CHAN SAID: "THE WORLD IS BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US
BUSINESSMEN CAN THERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH OUR GOVERNMENTS AND OUR AND DO CO-OPERATE."
CHINA CONNECTION, STRATEGIC
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
SOPHISTICATED AN IMPORTANT TRADING, FINANCIAL
AS WELL PACIFIC REGION,
MR CHAN SAID HONG KONG, WITH ITS LOCATION, HIGHLY EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, HAD BECOME
FOR SERVICES CENTRE
ASIA THE
AND AN IRREPLACEABLE GATEWAY TO CHINA.
"OUR TRADE WITH THE REGION INCREASED BY
AS
OVER 30 PER CENT A
YEAR IN 1987 AND 1988, AND BY A FURTHER 15 PER CENT LAST YEAR.
++ HE SAID.
"TODAY OUR TRADE WITH OUR ASIA PACIFIC
PARTNERS ACCOUNTS FOR
79 PER CENT OF OUR GLOBAL TRADE,
매
* A UNIQUE BLEND
OF EAST
AND
BUSINESS
METROPOLIS WHICH IS
TRULY
DYNAMIC ECONOMY
MR CHAN DESCRIBED HONG KONG AS WEST, OLD AND NEW, NATURE AND HI-TECH".
"IT IS THE PICTURE OF A COSMOPOLITAN IN BOTH APPEARANCE AND PRACTICE, WITH A AND A HIGH LEVEL OF AFFLUENCE.
"ABOVE
ALL,
IT TS
A OF OPPORTUNITIES
CITY
WHICH TO THE
OFFERS OUTSIDE
THE PICTURE ATTRACTIVE BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT
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WORLD, HE SAID.
MR CHAN SAID THIS WAS THE PRESENT ON WHICH HONG WOULD BE BUILT.
THAT LIFE
KONG'S
FUTURE
MAINTAIN
THOSE
ΤΟ WAS STRATEGY HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S
SUCH AS A ATTRACTIVE, WERE MOST ASPECTS OF HONG KONG
RATES, AND ΤΟ IMPROVE DYNAMIC ECONOMY, FULL EMPLOYMENT AND LOW TAX
EXAMPLE, A FURTHER THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HONG KONG IN TERMS OF, FOR
STANDARDS OF SOCIAL CLEANER ENVIRONMENT, BETTER HOUSING AND SERVICES.
HIGHER
FOR
A
MASSIVE WITH
HE SAID HONG KONG HAD A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY EXPANSION OF ITS PORT, AIRPORT AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES TO COPE ITS RAPIDLY GROWING ROLE AS ENTREPOT AND REGIONAL HUB.
"THIS HAS ATTRACTED
INTEREST, HE SAID.
+
WIDESPREAD
INTERNATIONAL
ATTENTION
AND
/APART FROM