WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1991
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HK ESTABLISHING REPUTATION AS FASHION CENTRE
HONG KONG IS ESTABLISHING ITS REPUTATION AS A FASHION CENTRE AND CONSUMER DEMAND FOR ITS FASHION PRODUCTS IS GROWING, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG FASHION WERK 1991. SIR DAVID SAID LAST YEAR HONG KONG WAS SECOND ONLY TO ITALY IN TRE TOTAL VALUR OF GARMENTS EXPORTED.
THIS WAS AN IMPRESSIVE STATISTIC FOR A TERRITORY OF ONLY ABOUT 400 SQUARE MILES IN SIZE, HE SAID, ADDING THAT HONG KONG WAS HOWEVER RIGHTLY INTERESTED IN QUALITY AS WELL AS QUANTITY.
"TWENTY YEARS AGO, HONG KONG WAS BEST KNOWN AS A MANUFACTURER OF JEANS AND T-SHIRTS.
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"WE HAVE BEEN MOVING UP-MARKET EVER SINCE. TODAY THE BULK OF OUR GARMENT EXPORTS GO TO QUALITY STORES IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMBRCIA, SIR DAVID SAID.
HE SAID DURING THIS PERIOD, HONG KONG'S GREAT STRENGTH HAD BEEN THAT WE COULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS of OVERSEAS BUYERS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
"BUT WE ARE NOW BEGINNING TO GO FURTHER. WE GENERATI OUR OWN IDEAS ABOUT FASHION. WE HAVE AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND GROWING
BODY OF YOUNG DESIGNERS.
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A FASHION THIS. AND ЯIR DAVID
"80 HONG KONG IS ESTABLISHING ITS REPUTATION CENTRE. OUR MANUFACTURERS CAN SKR THE ADVANTAGES OF CONSUMER DEMAND FOR HONG KONG FASHION PRODUCTS IS OROWING, SAID.
HE SAID PROPLE IN HONG KONG RECOGNISED THAT ΤΟ GROW WE EXCHANGE IDEAS WITH OTHERS.
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"FASHION IS ABOUT CHANGE. IT MEANS APPROACHING OLD IDRAS FROM NEW ANGLES; AND GENERATING COMPLETELY NEW IDEAS,
"THIS WEEK IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FASHION EXPERTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND FIND INSPIRATION IN HONG KONG'S UNIQUELY EXCITING AND VIBRANT SETTING, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE HONG. HONG FASHION WEEK WAS GROWING IN IMPORTANCE.
"THE APPEARANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE OF A BUROPEAN PAVILION
IS A MARK OF THIS NEW STATURE, HE SAID.
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THE BUYERS. COMMITTEE AND WORKED HARD TO
FINALLY, THE GOVERNOR PAID TRIBUTE TO all the PARTICIPANTO IN THIS YEAR'S HONG KONG FASHION WERK
THE MODELS, DISTINGUISHED OVERSEAS VISITORS AND THE ORGANIBING STAFF OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WHO HAD ORGANISE THE EVENT.
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