FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1991
IN A BRIEF SPEECH, SIR DAVID SAID THERE WERE TWO MAIN REASONS FOR HIS VISIT TO AUSTRALIA THE FIRST BY A HONG KONG GOVERNOR.
"FIRSTLY I BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY FOR US IN
KONG ΤΟ GO OUT AND TO TELL PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
OF PROBLEMS, TERRITORY, NOT TO TRY TO OBSCURE THE EXISTENCE
TO NOT OBSCURE THE WORRIES THAT EXIST ABOUT 1997, BUT TO FIT IN WITH THE BACKGROUND SCENERY ABOUT THE CONTINUING SUCCESS STORY OF HONG KONG.
"SECONDLY, AUSTRALIA IS LOOMING MUCH MORE LARGELY IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS, IT'S NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG WHO ARE COMING TO SETTLE HERE OR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS STUDYING IN AUSTRALIA
THAT'S PART OF THE STORY.
"THE OTHER PART OF THE STORY IS THE INCREASING WAY IN WHICH
FOR AUSTRALIA IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HONG KONG AS A BASE
HE TRADE,
SAID.
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT ON A PER CAPITA BASIS HONG KONG BOUGHT MORE GOODS FROM AUSTRALIA THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.
HE SAID THAT BUSINESSMEN IN AUSTRALIA SEEMED TO BE INTERESTED IN HONG KONG'S ROLE AS A GATEWAY TO CHINA.
MOST
ON
ASKED ABOUT THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT, SIR DAVID SAID HE BELIEVED THE FEELING IN AUSTRALIA WAS SIMILAR TO THAT IN HONG KONG THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO GET
WITH THE PROJECT. DISCUSSIONS WITH CHINA WOULD REACH A GOOD, SENSIBLE
BEEN SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THIS HOPE HAD AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSMEN .
HE HOPED RESOLUTION
THE
AS
EXPRESSED BY
A NUMBER
OF
IN
EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE GOVERNOR SPENT ONE AND A HALF HOURS
OF AUSTRALIA'S LEADING BUSINESS
A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH PEOPLE.
SOME
AND
THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF BHP LTD. MR BRIAN LOTON,
SENIOR INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMPANIES SUCH AS DAVEY MCKEE PACIFIC, MAUNSELL &
PRICE WATERHOUSE AND PARTNERS, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK, CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL.
ECONOMIC
AUSTRALIAN
KEYNOTE SIR DAVID ALSO GAVE A
SPEECH ΤΟ THE COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA BEFORE GOING ON TO MEET
OF A GROUP REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE FOR MELBOURNE
BUSINESS AND POLITICAL LEADERS INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF THE CITY.
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