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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1992
HK'S ROLE AS A REGIONAL CENTRE WILL BECOME MORE PROMINENT: STI
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THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T.H. CHAU, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) HE IS CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG'S ROLE AS A REGIONAL CENTRE WILL BECOME EVEN MORE PROMINENT IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
THE
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ASIAN REGIONAL ASIA HEADQUARTERS OF DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, MR CHAU SAID THE PACIFIC REGION COMPRISED SOME OF THE FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIES IN WORLD AND HONG KONG OCCUPIED A PIVOTAL POSITION AT THE CENTRE OF REGION.
THIS
MR CHAU SAID A RECENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT MORE THAN 600 FOREIGN COMPANIES THEIR REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN HONG KONG WHILE ANOTHER COMPANIES HAD ESTABLISHED REGIONAL OFFICES IN THE TERRITORY.
HAD
280
LOCATED FOREIGN
AN AVERAGE
OPENED OF 21 NEW REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS WERE YEAR BETWEEN 1980 AND 1984.
EACH
THE AVERAGE
YEARLY NUMBER INCREASED TO 53 BETWEEN
1985
AND
1990.
AND
THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWS THAT HONG KONG'S GOOD TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATION FACILITIES, ITS EFFICIENT BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND ITS STABLE AND LOW CORPORATE TAX STRUCTURE ARE RATED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS UNDERPINNING HONG KONG'S ROLE AS A REGIONAL CENTRE, MR CHAU SAID.
DESCRIBED DIGITAL'S DECISION TO SET UP ITS HONG KONG AS A STRONG VOTE OF IN
HE HEADQUARTERS KONG'S FUTURE.
NEW
CONFIDENCE
IN
REGIONAL HONG
AN
"DIGITAL'S SUCCESS AND ITS DECISION TO BASE ITS ASIAN REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS HERE REFLECT CLEARLY THE FACT THAT HONG KONG PROVIDES EXCELLENT ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS TO PROSPER," MR CHAU SAID.
"THEY ALSO REINFORCE OUR CONVICTION THAT HONG KONG HAS MUCH OFFER AS AN IMPORTANT TRADE, FINANCIAL, TRANSPORTATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS HUB IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION,
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HE SAID.
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