IN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1990
"THE REASON FOR THESE TRIPS IS TO PROMOTE HONG KONG. IT IS VERY
AT IMPORTANT
THIS STAGE IN HONG KONG'S HISTORY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE GOING ROUND THE WORLD EXPLAINING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HONG
LOOKING KONG,
ΤΟ BEHIND THE NEWS IN THE NEWSPAPERS, TALKING
SENIOR BUSINESSMEN TO MAKE SURE THEY GO ON BEING INTERESTED IN US, SIR DAVID
SAID.
"AND THEN BY EXTENSION, THAT THEY GO ON BEING ECONOMICALLY
IS THAT MEANS INVESTMENT, TRADE AND SO ON. THAT INVOLVED HERE, VERY IMPORTANT FOR MAINTAINING THE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG,
ALL HE ADDED.
THE
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WERE SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD; THE ACTING SENIOR MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, MISS MARIA TAM; THE SENIOR MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ALLEN LEE; THE ACTING ITALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL, FEDERICO FAILLA, AND THE BELGIAN CONSUL-GENERAL, MR GASTON VAN DUYSE-ADAM.
MR
GOVERNOR ARRIVES IN ROME
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, ARRIVED IN ROME TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE START OF A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO EUROPE.
ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON AND HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR RICHARD HOARE, SIR DAVID WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY HONG KONG'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EEC, MR STEUART WEBB-JOHNSON, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO ITALY, THE ITALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL AND THE ITALIAN TRADE COMMISSIONER IN HONG KONG, AND THE MANAGER OF CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS, ITALY.
AFTER A BRIEF REST, THE GOVERNOR MET OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR ARRANGING HIS VISIT TO ROME AND LATER ATTENDED A RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR, SIR STEPHEN EGERTON, AND HAD DINNER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF HONG KONG
IN ITALY
HONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION, PACIFIC AIRWAYS AND THE ITALY-HONG KONG ASSOCIATION.
ORGANISATIONS
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KONG CATHAY
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