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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1991
DUTCH COMMUNITY PRAISED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN HK: CS
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THAT
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TODAY (FRIDAY) THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID HOLLAND IS NOW ONE OF HONG KONG'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER BEEN VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS.
IN HONG WAS NOW THE 13TH NINTH LARGEST MARKET
OFFICIATING AT
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "HOLLAND
SAID HOLLAND SIR DAVID KONG PROMOTION" EVENT, LARGEST TRADING PARTNER OF HONG KONG AND THE FOR HONG KONG PRODUCTS.
NOTING THAT MANY DUTCH COMPANIES HAD SET UP BRANCHES, SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS HERE, SIR DAVID SAID AS A SOURCE OF OVERSEAS RESULT, HOLLAND HAD BECOME THE FIFTH INVESTMENTS IN HONG KONG.
LARGEST
MONTH "THE INAUGURATION OF THE DUTCH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION LAST
THE DUTCH BUSINESS IS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE WHICH COMMUNITY ATTACHES TO HONG KONG," HE SAID.
BESIDES, DUTCH COMPANIES WERE ALSO VERY ACTIVELY HONG KONG'S INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS, SIR DAVID SAID.
INVOLVED IN
"FOR EXAMPLE, AMONGST THE SIX PRE-QUALIFIED TENDERERS FOR
FOUR
HAVE CONSORTIA NEW AIRPORT
FORMATION CONTRACT, SITE COMPANIES IN THEIR TEAMS.
THE
DUTCH
THE
"SEVERAL DUTCH CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF
HE ADDED. SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS FOR OTHER AIRPORT AND RELATED PROJECTS,"
BETWEEN IN ADDITION, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT MORE CONTACTS
BEING BUILT UP THROUGH PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND HOLLAND WERE
THE TOURISM.
LAST YEAR, THERE WERE ABOUT 40,000 DUTCH PEOPLE COMING TO KONG FOR HOLIDAY WHILE AMONGST HONG KONG'S 170,000 HOLIDAY-MAKERS EUROPE LAST YEAR, MANY OF THEM VISITED HOLLAND.
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"I AM SURE SUCH VISITS AND CONTACTS WILL CONTINUE TO THE YEARS TO COME, HE SAID.
GROW IN
ON THE SIZE OF THE DUTCH COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS RELATIVELY SMALL, ABOUT 1,700 PEOPLE WORKING AND RESIDING HERE.
HOWEVER, SIR DAVID STRESSED THAT HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THEIR THE VOLUNTARY ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY AND SERVICE WHICH WAS BEING DONE BY DUTCH PEOPLE HERE.
MUCH ΤΟ FOR
NOTING THAT APART FROM TRADE AND TOURISM, HOLLAND HAD OFFER, SIR DAVID SAID THE EVENT PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY HONG KONG PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOLLAND.
CONGRATULATING THE ORGANISERS FOR BUILDING SUCH A WONDERFUL AND A ATTRACTIVE DUTCH VILLAGE IN VICTORIA PARK, SIR DAVID SAID:" THIS IS
DUTCH PRODUCTS MOST INNOVATIVE AND INTERESTING WAY TO PROMOTE CULTURE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.'
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