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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1991
"IT IS THIS MIX OF LOCAL AND OVERSEAS COMPANIES WHICH WILL BO MUCH TO MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S UNIQUE IDENTITY, AND ITS POSITION AS THE CENTRE FOR BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE ASIA PACIFIC IN THE YEARS AHBAD, HE SAID.
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ON UPGRADING HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY, MR BARMA SAID HONG KʊNU. WAG
AND
AND INCREASE ITS GROWTH, VERY AWARE THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN DEVELOP ITS INDUSTRIAL SECTOR FOR THE YEARS AHEAD, IT HAD TO UPGRADE Abbeb ITS INDUSTRY, BOTH IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY LEVEL AND THE VALUE ADDED OF ITS PRODUCTS.
"WE RECOGNISE THAT WE CANNOT COMPETE WITH THE Low-cost LABOUR OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND CHINA.
"TO MOVE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WITH CONTINUED VIGOUR, TO UPGRADE OUR TECHNOLOGY BASE," HE SAID.
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HOW
RECENTLY, MR BARMA SAID, SIX UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN HONG
ON STUDY JOINED TOGETHER ΤΟ UNDERTAKE A THREE-PART TECHNOLOGY COULD BE DEVELOPED IN HONG KONG.
KONG
NEW
COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR AND "THE FIRST TWO PARTS WERE CONCLUDED THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GROWTH OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG.
FOR
THE
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES INFORMATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
OF
IDENTIFIED PROMISING "THE STUDY ALSO
IN HONG KONG
FOUR AREAS BIOTECHNOLOGY; MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY; HE SAID.
TURNING
ΤΟ
HONG
KONG-CHINA RELATIONS, MR
TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY;'
BARMÅ SÄID THE CHANGED
ECONOMIC INTER-DEPENDENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES HAD NOT BEEN BY THE EVENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN CHINA IN JUNE 1989.
RE-AFFIRMED ITS
"AS YOU ARE AWARE, CHINA HAS SINCE REPEATEDLY COMMITMENT TO THE OPEN DOOR POLICY. THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THIS.
AND
"HONG KONG'S LEVERAGE OF CHINA'S SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL BASE, CHINA'S ABILITY TO TAP HONG KONG'S TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL SKILLS, AND ARE MAJOR REASONS WHY FOREIGN COMPANIES, PARTICULARLY FROM THE US
HR SÅID. JAPAN, ARE INCREASING THEIR INVESTMENT IN THE TERRITORY,
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FESTIVAL HONG KONG *92 A SHOWCASE TO CANADA AND THE WORLD
FIVE CANADIAN CITIES HONG KONG WILL BE STAGING A FESTIVAL IN
COMMUNITY AND NEXT YEAR TO FEATURE THE CITY AS A VIBRANT AND DYNAMIC A KEY OF CANADA TO THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION.
AIMS TO STRENGTHEN
THE
EXISTING
RELATIONSHIP BUSINESS AND
THE FESTIVAL BETWEEN CANADA AND HONG KONG BY INCREASING THE CULTURAL, FRIENDLY TIES BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES.
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