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HE SAID HONG KONG AND HOKKAIDO HAD MUCH IN COMMON, DESPITE DIFFERENCES IN SIZE.
THE
"WE ARE COMMUNITIES OF ABOUR SIX MILLION PEOPLE WHICH HAVE GROWN RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE ARRIVING TO MAKE A NEW LIFE.
"WE HAVE BOTH EXPERIENCED DRAMATIC ECONOMIC GROWTH, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID PAID TRIBUTE TO GOVERNOR YOKOMICHI WHO HAD BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN ENCOURAGING REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION.
AS
HE SAID GOVERNOR YOKOMICHI WHO VISITED HIM TWICE IN HONG KONG IN LEADER OF A DELEGATION FROM HOKKAIDO, PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE ESTABLISHING THE RECENTLY INAUGURATED DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN HOKKAIDO AND HONG KONG.
"AND HE HAS ENCOURAGED THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL'S PROMOTION OF HONG KONG GOODS THIS WEEK IN DAVID ADDED.
SAPPORO,"
SIR
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH HAS BEEN SENT BY
FACSIMILE.
HK WILL NOT BE ALLOWED AS OUTPOST FOR SUBVERSION: SIR DAVID FORD
то BE
THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO INTENTION OF ALLOWING HONG KONG USED AS AN OUTPOST FOR SUBVERSION, THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, DAVID FORD, REITERATED TODAY (FRIDAY).
SIR
OUT
AND
ΤΟ REPORTERS
AT AFTER OFFICIATING
A TOPPING SPEAKING CEREMONY FOR THE PHASE ONE BUILDINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, SIR DAVID SAID: "OUR POSITION ON THIS IS VERY WELL KNOWN.
"IF PEOPLE OPERATE WITHIN THE LAW AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITHIN THE LAW, EXPRESS THE FREEDOMS WITHIN THE LAW, THEY ARE SAFE AND SECURE TO DO SO.
"IF THEY BREAK THE LAW, THEN WE WILL TAKE ACTION AGAINST THEM,
FE
HE SAID.
"THAT IS AN INTEGRAL
PART OF OUR SYSTEM INTEGRAL PART OF ONE COUNTRY AND TWO SYSTEMS,"
IT IS HERE. SIR DAVID STRESSED.
AN
"THAT
IS
THE
PRINCIPLE WE WILL STICK BY IN
THE
FUTURE," HE
AIDED.
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