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SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1992
GOVERNOR PROMOTES HK IN GERMANY AND LONDON
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TONIGHT (SATURDAY) THAT VISITS TO GERMANY AND LONDON NEXT WEEK IS TO PROMOTE HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS ITS CULTURE AND ARTS.
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SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT BEFORE LEAVING FOR FRANKFURT, SIR DAVID SAID THE VISITS WAS ALSO AIMED AT DEMONSTRATING THE WAY IN WHICH THE ECONOMY IN HONG KONG WAS DEVELOPING.
THE GOVERNOR SAID ANOTHER REASON WAS TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT "THE WAY IN WHICH THE ECONOMY IN SOUTHERN CHINA IS DEVELOPING; AND THE LINK BETWEEN HONG KONG AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN CHINA."
SIR DAVID WILL BE HOSTING A GALA PERFORMANCE AT THE BARBICAN IN THE CITY OF LONDON AT WHICH THE PRINCESS OF WALES WILL BE ATTENDING.
"THE IDEA OF THAT IS TO DEMONSTRATE TO PEOPLE IN LONDON THAT THIS IS A PLACE NOT JUST WHERE THE ECONOMY IS DOING WELL, BUT WHERE CULTURE AND THE ARTS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP VERY FAST ALSO, HE SAID.
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IN LONDON, SIR DAVID WILL BE MEETING THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, MR DOUGLAS HURD, LORD CAITHNESS, AND SENIOR OFFICIALS IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE.
"I'M GOING AS I USUALLY DO TO CALL ON ONE OTHER MINISTRY, THIS TIME I'M GOING TO GO TO THE TREASURY AND I'LL SEE ONE OF THE TREASURY MINISTERS AND THE PERMANENT SECRETARY THERE. AND I'LL ALSO BE SEBING MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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LEADING UK BUSINESSMEN TO ATTEND HONG KONG CONFERENCE IN LONDON
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A HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION LED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT LONDON NEXT WEEK TO ADDRESS LEADING UK BUSINESS DECISION- MAKERS AT A CONFERENCE ABOUT THE STRATEGIC ROLE HONG KONG PLAYS IN THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION.
SIR DAVID WILSON WILL BE THE LUNCHTIME SPEAKER AT A HALF-DAY SESSION ENTITLED "HONG KONG: BRITAIN'S BRIDGE TO ASIA", WHICH WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 22) AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 CENTRE IN WESTMINSTER.
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CONFERENCE, WHICH WILL BE CHAIRED BY EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR MR ALLEN LEE, WILL EMPHASISE THE CONTINUING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRITISH BUSINESS IN HONG KONG.
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