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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1990
GOVERNOR MEETS ITALIAN TRADE OFFICIALS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (MONDAY) HELD TALKS
OF MINISTRY
FOREIGN TRADE AT SENIOR OFFICIALS AT THE ITALIAN START OF HIS VISIT TO ROME.
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THE
IN HONG KONG SIR DAVID WELCOMED THE GROWING ITALIAN INTEREST
EXPERTISE. HE NOTED AND THE INJECTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY AND
THAT, KONG'S SECOND LARGEST AMONG EUROPEAN NATIONS, ITALY WAS NOW HONG
THE MONTEDISON COMPANY HAD MADE TRADING PARTNER AND
THE LARGEST SINGLE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN ITS YUEN LONG PLANT.
THE GOVERNOR,
THE
SENIOR
WAS WHO
ACCOMPANIED BY HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATIVE TO
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, STEUART WEBB-JOHNSON, COMMUNITIES AND HONG KONG'S ALSO DISCUSSED TRADE WITH THE EUROPEAN ROLE AS A GATEWAY TO CHINA.
THE ADVISER TO
AMONG THE FOREIGN TRADE OFFICIALS HE MET WERE THE MINISTER STEFANO GANAVESIO AND DIRECTOR GENERAL GIOVANNI SARDI.
WITH
SIR DAVID HAD LUNCH POLITICAL AFFAIRS AT THE FOREIGN MINISTER GIULIO ANDREOTTI.
IN THE EVENING, THE
DIRECTOR
OF
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PERLOT, AMBASSADOR MINISTRY BEFORE CALLING
DUR TO
GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WERE ATTEND A DINNER HOSTED BY THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR, SIR STEPHEN EGERTON.
FREEDOM, OPENNESS AND CONSISTENCY: ESSENCE OF HONG KONG'S SUCCES8
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THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT OF FREEDOM WHICH PERVADES EVERY ASPECT. LIFE HERE, PERSONAL FREEDOM, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND THE FREEDOM DO BUSINESS IN AN ENVIRONMENT UNENCUMBERED BY BUREAUCRACY ARE FACTORS WHICH HAVE MADE HONG KONG SUCCESSFUL, THE DEPUTY ΤΟ GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
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"THIS IS VITAL BECAUSE HONG KONG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY THRIVE SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT, SIR DAVID SAID WHEN ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG CONFERENCE OF THE COMMONWEALTH PRESS UNION.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE NATURAL EBULLIENCE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE HAD BEEN AND WOULD CONTINUE TO BE AT HEART OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
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NOTING THAT THE OBVIOUS QUESTION WAS WHETHER THESE FREEDOMS WOULD CONTINUE AFTER 1997, SIR DAVID SAID: "THE FACT IS THAT HONG KONG HAS SURVIVED AND FLOURISHED AND MAINTAINED ITS FREEDOMS DURING PERIODS OVER THE PAST DECADES, WHEN CHINA WAS PURSUING POLICIES VERY DIFFERENT TO THOSE PRACTISED HERE.
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