MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1991
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GOVERNOR VISITS SINGAPORE AND NEW ZEALAND
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (MONDAY) STARTED A DAY VISIT TO SINGAPORE AND NEW ZEALAND TO ENCOURAGE CONTINUING AND INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG, AND EXCHANGES OF TRADE.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE AT THE AIRPORT, GOVERNOR SAID:
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"THE PURPOSE OF BOTH VISITS IS TO TRY TO SPREAD MORE WIDELY THE ECONOMY IS DOING MESSAGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN HONG KONG; HOW THE DEVELOPMENTS IN RELATION TO SOUTHERN CHINA, AND HOW THAT AFFECTS THE ECONOMY OF HONG KONG."
THE
MEETING PRIME MINISTER GOH CHOK SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD BE TONG THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN HAVING DINNER WITH HIM.
THE AIRPORT
WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHETHER HE WOULD BE TALKING ON PROJECT AND TRY TO APPROACH FOR INVESTMENT, THE GOVERNOR SAID:
AS A "I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE AIRPORT PROJECT, I SEE THAT
FUTURE. LONG-TERM CRUCIAL
OF US BUILDING UP HONG KONG FOR THE PART
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN I'LL CERTAINLY BE TALKING TO ANY BUSINESSMEN
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SAID
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MISSION
HAVE
TO GO AND ZEALAND IN
THAT TO A MISSION
PARTICULAR NOT HAVE A ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT FROM EITHER SINGAPORE OR NEW
BUT PARTICULAR PROJECT,
ADDED THAT HE DID ENCOURAGING GENERAL INVESTMENT.
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VERY INTERESTED HE CONTINUED.
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"AS YOU KNOW SINGAPORE IS AT THE MOMENT BUILDING UP IT AND THAT SOMETHING I WELCOME,
THAT TALKING ABOUT HIS TRIP TO NEW ZEALAND, THE GOVERNOR SAID
IN HONG KONG. WAS GOING TO BE GENERAL ABOUT HOW THINGS WERE GOING
"TRADE IS NOT
OTHER TRADING AS SIGNIFICANT AS SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, BUT IT PLAYS A ROLE IN OUR TRADE AND THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF EXCHANGES, TOURISM, AND PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG GOING TO LIVE NOW IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS ZEALAND. I SEE THAT AS BEING A GENERAL DISCUSSION ABOUT IN HONG KONG AND THE FUTURE," HE SAID.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION THAT THE NEW IMMIGRATION SCHEME HAD BEEN CRITICISED AS A SEVERE BRAIN DRAIN IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING TO NEW ZEALAND WERE NOT VERY HIGH.
COUNTRIES IN
"THE POINT I ALWAYS MAKE IN DEALING WITH OTHER THEIR IMMIGRATION SCHEME IS, WE HAVE NO WISH TO INTERFERE IN OTHER ΤΟ HAVE THE COUNTRIES SCHEME BUT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY COUNTRY MAXIMUM AMOUNT TO FLEXIBILITY. WE IN HONG KONG WANT PEOPLE TO STAY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG.
OF KNOWING "WE DON'T MIND AT ALL IF THEY HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT THEY CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. IF THEY WANT TO, BUT OF COURSE WE WANT TO BENEFIT FROM THEIR TALENTS HERE IN HONG KONG AS WELL." HE SAID.
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