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HOKKAIDO'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE, MARUI IMAI, IS STAGING THE HAS BEEN FIRST EVER HONG KONG PROMOTION WHERE THE STORE'S TOP FLOOR
OF THE TURNED INTO A MINI HONG KONG BAZAAR, FEATURING A WIDE RANGE TERRITORY'S PRODUCTS, INCLUDING A FOOD FAIR.
MARUI ΙΜΑΙ
TURNED ON AN IMPRESSIVE WELCOME FOR WHEN HE VISITED THE STORE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE GOVERNOR
IT WAS JUST ONE OF A NUMBER OF VISITS AND MEETINGS HAS CRAMMED IN TO HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE.
SIR DAVID
HOKKAIDO,
OF REGIONAL
EARLIER SIR DAVID HAD A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR OF MR TAKAHIRO YOKOMICHI, AND EXCHANGED VIEWS ON PROMOTION TRADE AND ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION.
"IN
TERMS OF RELATIONS BETWEEN HOKKAIDO AND HONG KONG, I WE ARE JUST AT THE BEGINNING."
HE SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING EXCITING ABOUT BEING AT THE BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE OPENED UP.
IN
FEEL
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FLIGHTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND NEW DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN THE PROMOTING SAPPORO, THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE COULD BE ADVANTAGES FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN HOKKAIDO UTILISING THE SERVICE AS A SETTING OFF POINT FOR TO EUROPE.
SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD BEEN TOLD THERE WERE LONG WAITING FOR BOOKINGS FOR FLIGHTS TO EUROPE THROUGH TOKYO'S MAIN AIRPORT.
FLIGHTS
MUCH EASIER AS A RESULT, HE SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT BE
AND PEOPLE TRAVELLING FROM HOKKAIDO TO FLY DIRECT TO HONG KONG MAKE ONWARD BOOKINGS TO EUROPE FROM THE TERRITORY.
LISTS
FOR THEN
WHICH HAD
GOVERNOR YOKOMICHI SAID HE HOPED THE DIRECT SERVICE, NOW BEEN IN OPERATION FOR ONE MONTH, WOULD LEAD TO INCREASED EXCHANGES IN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN HOKKAIDO AND HONG KONG.
SIR
SAPPORO,
MR
JOINTLY
OF ALSO DAVID
HAD MEETINGS WITH THE MAYOR TAKESHI ITAGAKI, AND IS TONIGHT ATTENDING A GALA FASHION SHOW HOSTED BY MARUI IMAI INC AND THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
THE
CONINCIDING WITH THE VISIT OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION IS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAPPORO'S FAMOUS WHITE ILLUMINATION CEREMONY, WHEN THE CITY'S CHRISTMAS DECORATIVE LIGHTS ARK SWITCHED ON.
IN HONOUR OF THE OCCASION, LADY WILSON FLICKED THE LIGHT UP THE FESTIVE SEASON IN SAPPORO.
SWITCH ΤΟ
EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE GOVERNOR, WHEN SPEAKING AT A HOSTED BY MR YOKOMICHI, SAID HONG KONG AND HOKKAIDO, BOTH BEING OF THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ASIA PACIFIC REGION, HAD TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL.
LUNCHEON PART
FUTURE
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"TO REALISE THAT POTENTIAL, WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION, SIR DAVID SAID.
/HE SAID