THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1990
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IN
EXPLAINING WHY THE HONG KONG ECONOMY COULD NOT BE REGARDED
SIGNIFICANT ISOLATION FROM CHINA, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE MOST EVENT IN RECENT YEARS FOR HONG KONG HAD BEEN CHINA'S RE-OPENING TO THE THIS HAD GIVEN TO OUTSIDE WORLD AND THE ENORMOUS IMPETUS WHICH DEVELOPMENT THERE AND PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH.
THAT
THE ONLY ONE IN THE AREA "HONG KONG'S DEEP-WATER HARBOUR DEFINES ITS NATURAL ROLE AS THE PRINCIPAL PORT FOR SOUTH CHINA. IS HOW HONG KONG STARTED AND THAT IS WHERE ITS FUTURE LIES," HE SAID.
THE FUTURE, ON THE QUESTION HOW THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SAW
1997 SIR DAVID SAID GOVERNMENT'S PLANNING HORIZONS WERE NOT BOUND BY AND IT SAW BEYOND THAT DATE INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.
'OUR PLANS ARE BASED ON A CLEAR VISION OF HOW HONG KONG POSITION ITSELF FOR THE NEXT CENTURY.
"WE
SHOULD
AND INTERNATIONAL CENTRE AND A
SEE HONG KONG AS AN IMPORTANT REGIONAL ROLE, AS AN ENTREPOT, A MAJOR FINANCIAL AND SERVICES MANUFACTURING CENTRE FOR SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTS," SIR DAVID SAID.
THAT OTHER SAID HE
NOTING THAT OCCASIONALLY, THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS CITIES WERE TIPPED TO TAKE OVER HONG KONG'S ROLE, SIR DAVID HOPED THAT SUCH CLAIMS WOULD BE GREETED WITH APPROPRIATE SCEPTICISM IN THE STATES.
"YOU, LIKE US, KNOW THAT LOCATION IS NOT REPLACEABLE.
"THE
SHORTER SEA JOURNEY, THE DAY SAVED ON THE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR YOU IN COMPETITION.
RAILROAD MAKE
THE
EDGE
"FOR HONG KONG THE NATURAL DEEP-WATER PORT GIVES US OVER GUANGZHOU'S RIVER PORT, AND NO OTHER PLACE COMBINES OUR PROXIMITY
"I HE SAID. TO CHINA, CONTACTS AND KNOW-HOW,
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CHIEF SECRETARY CONTINUES U.S. TOUR
WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 14) STATES
THE IN
CITY OF BUSY SCHEDULE OF SPEECHES,
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD,
UNITED
CONTINUED HIS TOUR OF
THE
WESTERN
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON STATE, WITH ANOTHER BRIEFINGS AND MEDIA INTERVIEWS.
STARTED HIS DAY
COMMITTEE
WITH A MEMBERS FROM
BREAKFAST
THE
BRIEFING HOSTED BY THE WASHINGTON COUNCIL ON RELATIONS COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND THE WASHINGTON STATE CHINA
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TWO-WAY TRADING DURING WHICH TALKS FOCUSSED
ON
THE TERRITORY'S
LINKS BETWEEN WASHINGTON SATE AND HONG KONG, AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH CHINA.
/SIR DAVID