THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1993
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TRADE OFFICIALS VISIT GUANGDONG
THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR DONALD TSANG, THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING LEFT HONG KONG FOR A WEEK-LONG FAMILIARISATION VISIT IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE.
"THE
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN SOUTHERN CHINA WILL GENERATE WEALTH NOT ONLY FOR PEOPLE THERE, BUT FOR ALL BUSINESSMEN IN THE REGION WHO APPRECIATE AND EXPLORE THIS OPPORTUNITY, MR TSANG SAID, BEFORE THE VISIT,
HE SAID IT WAS MOST IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WERE FULLY AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL.
"THE ECONOMIC SYNERGISM BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SOUTHERN CHINA WILL GENERATE TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC GROWTH. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR IS THE TIP OF AN ICEBERG WHICH WILL SURFACE AT AN ACCELERATED PACE IN THE COMING DECADE.'
MR TSANG SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS TO SEE THE LATEST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRADE AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN
PLACE.
THE EIGHT-MEMBER DELEGATION, LED BY MR TSANG, WILL VISIT GUANGZHOU, FOSHAN, JIUJIANG, SHUNDE, ZHONGSHAN AND JIANGMEN.
VOLUNTARY WORK BENEFITS ELDERLY AND YOUNGSTERS
VOLUNTEER WORK CAN GIVE THE ELDERLY A SENSE OF PRIDE AND AN OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ CONTRIBUTE THEMSELVES TO THE COMMUNITY, MRS PATTEN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
IT ALSO HELPS THE YOUNGSTERS DEVELOP AN AWARENESS OF THE OF SOCIETY AND A SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.
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SPEAKING AT THE HELPING HAND "COOKIE CAMPAIGN" THANK-YOU RECEPTION, MRS PATTEN SAID THE CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR WAS THUS NOT ONLY A FUND-RAISING ACTIVITY FOR ELDERLY WELFARE BUT ALSO AN EXPERIENCE IN VOLUNTEERISM FOR ALL AGES.
SHE SAID THE ELDERLY WERE ENTITLED TO SPECIAL PRIORITY FOR SERVICES AND AN AGING POPULATION IN HONG KONG MEANT THAT MORE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE ELDERLY.
THESE SERVICES WILL RXPAND SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE YEARS AHEAD, SHE SAID, ADDING THAT MORE INNOVATIVE SERVICES WOULD BE NEEDED.
TO THIS END, THE GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING RECURRENT FUNDING FOR A NEW HOLIDAY CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY AT CHEUNG MUK TAU.
/THE CENTRE