FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1991
HONG KONG SIGNS AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BRAZIL
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THE HONG KONG/BRAZIL AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT, WHICH PROVIDES THE SOUTH OPERATION IN HONG KONG THE FIRST-EVER DIRECT AIR SERVICES TO A AMERICAN COUNTRY, IS SIGNED IN HONG KONG THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING.
THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG UNDER THE AUTHORISATIONS OF THE MINISTER UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT AND THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF BRAZIL, ARNALDO CARRILHO, SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL.
SPEAKING AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY, MRS CHAN SAID WHEN THE DIRECT SERVICES START, THE FLIGHT TIME BETWEEN HONG KONG AND BRAZIL WILL BE REDUCED BY AS MUCH AS ONE-THIRD.
WITHOUT THE DIRECT AIR SERVICES, HONG KONG TRAVELLERS WHO WISH TO GO TO BRAZIL OR HONG KONG-BOUND VISITORS FROM BRAZIL HAVE TO TAKE A CIRCUITOUS ROUTE INVOLVING AN ARDUOUS JOURNEY OF SOME 30 HOURS.
"THIS IS A TIMELY DEVELOPMENT," MRS CHAN SAID, ADDING THAT OVER THE PAST DECADE, THE NUMBER OF BRAZILIAN VISITORS COMING TO HONG HAD ALMOST DOUBLED.
"WE HAVE ALSO SEEN A HEALTHY GROWTH IN OUR BILATERAL TRADE. 1990, IT WAS VALUED AT SOME HK$3,000 MILLION," SHE SAID.
"I UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT THERE IS A SIZEABLE CHINESE IN BRAZIL. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECT AIR SERVICES WILL EVEN CLOSER AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING VARIG TO KAI CHAN SAID.
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'HONG KONG IS ALREADY AN AVIATION CENTRE OF WORLD STANDING IN TERMS OF THE TRAFFIC THAT KAI TAK HANDLES," SHE NOTED.
"OUR NEW
AT CHEK LAP KOK WILL ENABLE AIRPORT MAINTAIN ITS LEAD WELL INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
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"THE PROGRAMME OF ESTABLISHING HONG KONG'S OWN AIR SERVICĖS WHICH AGREEMENT IS CRUCIAL TO OUR SUCCESS AND WE WELCOME THE SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL HAS SHOWN FOR BOTH
SHE SAID. HONG KONG AND FOR THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION,"
SPEAKING ALSO AT THE CEREMONY, MR CARRILHO APPEALED TO THE HOND KONG GOVERNMENT
THE MUTUAL AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC, CULTURAL,
AND COMMERCIAL
CO-OPERATION.
INDUSTRIAL,
TECHNOLOGICAL
"WHEN TAKING OFF FIRSTLY IN KAI TAK, LATER ON IN CHEK LAP Kok,
A PASSENGERS FROM HONG KONG WHO HAVE ALWAYS DREAMT OF THE BEAUTIES OF YOUNG AND HOSPITABLE COUNTRY WHICH BECOMES ONE OF THE WORLD'S 10 LEADING ECONOMIES,
DISCOVER THE JOYFUL AND DEDICATED CHARACTER OF 150 MILLION BRAZILIANS, WITH THEIR CULTURE AND ARTS UNDER THE BRIGHT TROPICAL LIGHT OF A CAPTIVATING AND UNFORGETTABLE SMILE.
WILL ALSO
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