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TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1992
GOVERNOR IN GERMANY
HELD
A
OF SERIES
MEETINGS TODAY (TUESDAY) ON THE
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WITH GERMAN MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS IN BONN THIRD AND FINAL DAY OF HIS VISIT TO GERMANY.
IN TALKS WITH THE GERMAN ECONOMIC MINISTER, MR JURGEN MOLLEMANN, THE QUESTION OF THE URUGUAY
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS UNDER GATT WAS RAISED BY SIR DAVID.
CLEAR
ROUND OF
THAT THE GERMAN
GOVERNMENT
WAS
MR MOLLEMANN MADE IT PUSHING FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION TO THE URUGUAY ROUND.
WERE
HE TOLD THE GOVERNOR IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE TALKS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED OTHERWISE THE WORLD ECONOMY. WOULD BE AFFECTED.
SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE REMARKS WAS VITALLY INTERESTED IN A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.
AS
HONG KONG
BETWEEN HONG
ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE THE GOVERNOR
GROWING ECONOMIC LINKS KONG AND SOUTHERN CHINA AND THE PLANS FOR MAJOR
NEW AIRPORT WHICH WAS INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE
NOW
UNDER WAY.
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MR MOLLEMANN EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE AIRPORT AND
NUMBER OF GERMAN COMPANIES WERE LOOKING
THAT A
INDICATED PARTICIPATE IN SUCH A BIG PROJECT.
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A KEYNOTE FLYING TO A BUSINESS BARBICAN CENTRE ON
THIS AFTERNOON (TUESDAY), THE GOVERNOR IS GIVING SPEECH TO THE GERMAN SOCIETY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BEFORE LONDON FOR ANOTHER HECTIC ROUNG OF ENGAGEMENTS, INCLUDING
AT THE CONFERENCE AND GALA EVENINGS TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS.
HONG KONG AND GERMANY HAVE COMMON INTEREST IN FREE TRADE
THE BENEFITS OF FREE TRADE ARE AS WELL UNDERSTOOD IN GERMANY AS BONN THEY ARE IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON SAID IN TODAY (TUESDAY).
ADDRESSING THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG AND GERMANY HAD A COMMON -
ACHIEVING
ΤΟ INTEREST
A SUCCESSFUL IN
THE CONCLUSION
DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS IN THE GATT URUGUAY ROUND.
"IN HONG KONG WE LOOK UPON GERMANY AS A POWERFUL VOICE IN EUROPEAN COMMUNITY FOR LIBERALISATION IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE. BUT THE THE BENEFITS OF FREE TRADE ARE ALSO BECOMING INCREASINGLY APPARENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.
THE
/"IT IS