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TOURISM VITAL TO HONG KONG
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1992
THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, TODAY (FRIDAY) SAID TOURISM HAD AN IMPORTANT BEARING ON ALL PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "TOURISM ROVING EXHIBITION IN CENTRAL, HE POINTED OUT THAT HONG BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN WITH OVER SIX MILLION TOURISTS COMING ΤΟ THE TERRITORY CONTRIBUTING $40 BILLION TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
AND YOU" KONG HAD THE WORLD LAST YEAR,
HONG KONG HAD MUCH MORE TO OFFER ΤΟ THE TOURISTS THAN JUST THOSE STANDARD ATTRACTIONS SUCH AS THE PEAK TRAM, STAR FERRY, OCEAN PARK, FOOD AND SHOPPING, HE SAID.
SUCH AS THE ANTIQUE STORES
"FOR INSTANCE, THERE ARE TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL; THERE ARE THE MANY TEMPLES, THE AND THE STREET MARKETS; AND THERE ARE THE MANY MODERN SHOPPING CENTRES.
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THEY ARE NOT DAILY LIFE,
"ALL OF THESE HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON MERELY TOURIST ORIENTED BUT ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR HE SAID.
TURNING TO THE EXHIBITION, MR SUEN NOTED THAT IT HAD BEEN ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION WITH ASSISTANCE FROM VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES AND DISTRICT BOARDS, AND HAD BEEN ON DISPLAY IN ALL DISTRICTS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
HE SAID THE EXHIBITION HAD ALSO ALLOWED LOCAL PEOPLE TO AWARE OF THE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN THEIR OWN DISTRICT, UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM TO HONG KONG PEOPLE.
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DURING TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMEN OF THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS ALSO RECEIVED COMMEMORATIVE TOURIST ASSOCIATION'S CHAIRMAN, MR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT.
TROPHIES MARTIN
FROM THE HONG KONG BARROW, FOR THEIR
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TWO INSHORE RESPECTIVELY ON LANTAU AND TSING YI IN CONJUNCTION AIRPORT-RELATED PROJECTS.
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ON LANTAU, AN AREA OF ABOUT 1.5 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEA-BED AT TSING CHAU WAN WILL BE RECLAIMED TO PROVIDE FORMATION OF A RESERVE FOR THE FUTURE AIRPORT RAILWAY.
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