SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1991
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HANOVER FAIR WAS SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF WORKING TOGETHER: GOVERNOR
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT HIS VISIT ΤΟ THE HANOVER FAIR WAS A VERY STRIKING EXAMPLE OF WHAT HONG KONG CAN DO IN THE WAY OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON HIS RETURN FROM VISITS TO TWO GERMAN CITIES AND THE NETHERLANDS, SIR DAVID SAID: "THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FAIRS IN THE WORLD AND IT WAS A SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF HONG KONG WORKING TOGETHER, BOTH THE GOVERNMENT, TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL THE PRIVATE SECTOR."
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"A VERY IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE IN THE DISPLAY OF WHAT HONG KONG IS CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR SAID THE NOTABLE IMPRESSION HE HAD BOTH IN GERMANY AND IN THE NETHERLANDS, WAS THE GREAT INTEREST THERE IS IN HONG KONG.
"A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HONG KONG; A GREAT DEAL OF SYMPATHY FOR ANY PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE; AND A GREAT NEED, AS I SEE IT, FOR US TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HONG KONG SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT INTEREST IN HONG KONG, NOT JUST AN ORDINARY INTEREST, BUT CAN MAINTAIN INVESTMENT AND TRADING WITH HONG KONG, BOTH OF WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US, SIR DAVID SAID.
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ASKED IF THERE WAS MUCH INTEREST FROM EUROPEAN COMPANIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE AIRPORT PROJECT, SIR DAVID SAID: "IT WAS A MORE GENERAL INTEREST THAN THAT REALLY, BECAUSE I SIMPLY ABOUT THE AIRPORT; THAT WAS ONE OF MANY MENTIONED, BUT I WAS REALLY DEALING WITH THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ECONOMY WHICH IS VERY LIVELY; WHICH IS DOING WELL COMPARED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE REST OF THE WORLD, AND IN WHICH I WANTED PEOPLE TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES.
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ASKED ABOUT THE PROPOSED VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, MR DOUGLAS HURD, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "MR HURD'S PLANS, THE MOST UP-TO-DATE THAT I HAD ON THAT, WAS THAT HE DOES INDEED WANT то COME HERE AND HOPES TO COME HERE NEXT MONTH BUT THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF VISIT TO CHINA HASN'T YET BEEN FIXED."
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"ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF AND WHEN HE DOES GO TO CHINA; THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE WOULD WANT TO DISCUSS, I THINK THE AIRPORT WOULD BE AMONGST THEM," HE SAID.
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"I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN AGREEMENT WITH CHINA; A POSITIVE CONCLUSION TO THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THINK THAT TS IMPORTANT FOR THE WHOLE AIRPORT PROJECT,"
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BY THE EXECUTIVE LEGISLATIVE
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WERE MET AT THE AIRPORT CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD; THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, LADY DUNN; AND THE ACTING SENIOR MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, MR STEPHEN CHRONG.
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