WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1990
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GOVT CONSIDERING OVERSEAS OFFICE IN SINGAPORE
THE
AN
OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC
HAD BEEN AND SINGAPORE
THE
GOVERNMENT
REGION,
IN VIEW OF THE GROWING SIGNIFICANCE ASEAN NATIONS, AND TARDE LINKS WITH
IN OFFICE
THAT CONSIDERING SETTING UP CERTAINLY MUST BE CONSIDERED A SUITABLE LOCATION.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A INFORMING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
IN MARTIN LEE
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL QUESTION RAISED BY THE HON
JACOBS SAID IT HAD BEEN GOVERNMENT'S TODAY (WEDNESDAY), SIR PIERS
AND TRADE OFFICES ECONOMIC POLICY TO ESTABLISH PROGRESSIVELY OVERSEAS COUNTRIES WHICH HAD SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC TIES WITH HONG KONG.
IN
"THE PRIMARY
ROLE
CONDUCT INVESTMENT INTO HONG KONG.
OF EXTERNAL
OF COMMERCIAL
THESE
IS TO OFFICES
то AND RELATIONS
THE FACILITATE PROMOTE INWARD
"INEVITABLY THESE OFFICES ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN
PROMOTING HONG
.ONG
KONG'S IMAGE ABROAD, SIR PIERS SAID.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE OFFICES
LONDON, GENEVA, IN FRANCISCO AND TOKYO TORONTO.
SIR PIERS SAID WE SHALL PURSUE THE KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TORONTO OFFICE.
AND WAS
GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY MAINTAINED
YORK, BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON, NEW PLANNING TO OPEN ANOTHER OFFICE
SAN IN
POSSIBILITY OF OPENING A
AFTER IN SINGAPORE
THE
"THE TIMING WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON CONSULTATIONS WITH COUNTRY AND THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES,
THE HOST
HE ADDED.
GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES ENERGY CONSERVATION
THE LANDS,
HON REASONS TO WAS STUDYING
AND ENVIRONMENT THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, GRAHAM BARNES TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID THERE WERE MANY GOOD ENCOURAGE THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY AND THE GOVERNMENT WHAT FURTHER MEASURES COULD BE ADOPTED.
MR BARNES WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHENG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING.
HON-KWAN
EXAMINATION
AND
CONSERVATION
BUILDINGS
HE SAID: "THESE MEASURES INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
IN NEW DESIGN THROUGH BE SAVED OF HOW ENERGY CAN THROUGH ALTERATIONS OF OLD ONES, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH SHOULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH EDUCATION AND LEGISLATION RESPECTIVELY.
/"WHILE THE