SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1990
NEW AIRPORT ALSO BENEFITS SOUTHERN CHINA: GOVERNOR
SIR DAVID
THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT IS OF BENEFIT NOT JUST TO HONG KONG BUT TO SOUTHERN CHINA AND ITS DEVELOPMENT, THE GOVERNOR, WILSON, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
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SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS SEVEN-DAY VISIT TO EUROPE, SIR DAVID SAID HE FOUND THERE WAS DEAL OF INTEREST IN THE ROLE HONG KONG COULD PLAY AS A BRIDGE CHINA AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
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"I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE POINT I WAS MAKING TO THEM THAN OUR WAS THAT NOW OUR RE-EXPORTS THROUGH HONG KONG ARE GREATER
WE DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AND MOST OF THOSE RE-EXPORTS ARE FROM CHINA, SO
OF THE ARE PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN TRADE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE REST WORLD.
"ALSO, THE OTHER WAY, INVESTMENT BETWEEN THE REST OF THE WORLD KONG AND AND CHINA. AND I THINK IT'S THAT BRIDGE ROLE BETWEEN HONG
HE SAID. CHINA THAT PEOPLE SEE AS VERY IMPORTANT,
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REFERRING TO THE AIRPORT PROJECT, SIR DAVID SAID: "THAT IS WHY TO HONG HAVING VERY GOOD COMMUNICATIONS HERE IS OF BENEFIT NOT JUST
CHINA AS KONG BUT TO SOUTHERN CHINA, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN WELL.
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HE SAID IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE PROJECT TIME WHEN THEY WERE NEEDED, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HONG KONG HAD STARTED BUILDING A NEW AIRPORT SOME YEARS AGO.
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"WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW IS TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE KONG AND IF YOU DON'T START DOING THAT NOW, YOU WILL MISS THE HE SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR SAID IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT A FUTURE WOULD SIMPLY WANT TO PUT THAT AUTOMATICALLY INTO REVERSE OUT OF AS THAT WOULD NOT DO ANY GOOD FOR HONG KONG.
"WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD FOR THE GOOD OF HONG KONG FOR AT THE FUTURE, AND I THINK ANYBODY WHO HAS THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG HEART WILL SEE THAT, HE SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID HIS VISIT TO EUROPE WAS USEFUL AND HE BELIEVED THAT SUCH VISITS WERE PART OF AN ESSENTIAL PROCESS: "WE NEED TO PEOPLE THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT HONG KONG, ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE THE ECONOMY HERE."
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"I FOUND A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST IN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN KONG, AND I FOUND A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC AS AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY," HE SAID.
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/SIR DAVID