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HE SAID IT HAD BEEN EXTREMELY USEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK PERSONALLY TO A NUMBER OF OPINION-FORMERS ON THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA INCLUDING POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS AND MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA.
"IT HAS ALSO BEEN INVALUABLE TO MEET BUSINESSMEN WHO HAVE CLOSE INTERESTS IN DEVELOPING TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG.
"I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PAINT A PICTURE OF HONG KONG LIFTING ITSELF AFTER THE GLOOM OF LAST YEAR AND GRADUALLY RETURNING TO A STEADY LEVEL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH.
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ALSO SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD
DISCUSSED HONG KONG'S PROBLEMS, SUCH AS THE BRAIN DRAIN, VERY FRANKLY AND OPENLY WITH EVERYONE HE MET.
ARE MAKING
HAD
"I HAVE ALSO ENJOYED MEETING MANY HONG KONG PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA WHERE THEY
A SIGNIFICANT
ΤΟ CONTRIBUTION
THE
ECONOMY.
"I WAS MUCH ENCOURAGED BY THE FACT THAT THEY ALL RETAIN VERY
MY STRONG LINKS WITH HONG KONG AND WERE EAGER TO HEAR
ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION IN HONG KONG."
THE FINAL DAY OF THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S BUSY NORTH AMERICAN
A TOUR ON FRIDAY BEGAN WITH
STIMULATING ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION ON ISSUES CONCERNING HONG KONG-CHINA RELATIONS.
AS
A BREAKFAST MEETING IN VANCOUVER, HOSTED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY
MR ROSS SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT,
BELSHER, WAS ATTENDED BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL.
LEADING
AND ACADEMICS
PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY INCLUDING MR
HONG THE
KONG CANADA ALDERMAN SANDRA WILKINS, AND THE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, MR DANNY GAW.
VANCOUVER
CHINESE
ACCOMPANIED BY HONG KONG'S MINISTER IN WASHINGTON, MR PETER LO,
SOUTHERN Tip OF
THEN VANCOUVER BY THE
AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND FRANCISCO, MR PETER JOHNSON, SIR DAVID VICTORIA ON THE LUNCHEON AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE BRITISH COLUMBIA, MR DAVID LAM, AND HIS WIFE.
HOSTED
TRADE OFFICE IN SAN FLEW BY HELICOPTER ΤΟ ISLAND FOR TALKS AND LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF
DISCUSSED
RAPIDLY HONG KONG INCLUDING
IMPACT SIGNIFICANT
WHICH
SIR DAVID AND THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
COLUMBIA AND DEVELOPING LINKS BETWEEN BRITISH TRADE OPPORTUNITIES IN BOTH PLACES AND THE HONG KONG PEOPLE ARE HAVING UPON THE PROVINCE.
THE DAY'S PROGRAMME ALSO INCLUDED TWO MEDIA INTERVIEWS.
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