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FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1993
"IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION TO SEE HONG KONG CONTINUING AS A STABLE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE."
HE EMPHASISED THAT HONG KONG HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE OF IMMENSE OPPORTUNITY FOR ITS OWN PEOPLE AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COME THERE ΤΟ LIVE OR TO TRADE.
"WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE AFTER 1997," HE SAID.
ON ARRIVAL IN TOKYO YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON, MR MACLEOD MET THE JAPANESE MINISTER OF CONSTRUCTION, MR KISHIRO NAKAMURA AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JAPAN-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARIAN LEAGUE, MR TEUFOMU HATA.
IN THE EVENING, HE ATTENDED A DINNER MARKING THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE JAPAN-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARIAN LEAGUE COHOSTED BY THE LEAGUE AND THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE.
IN HIS SPEECH, MR MACLEOD SAID THE ASSOCIATION OF SO MANY IMPORTANT POLITICAL LEADERS IN JAPAN WITH THE LEAGUE WAS A CLEAR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND HE WAS GRATEFUL, FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF, AND INTEREST IN, HONG KONG.
HE INVITED LEAGUE MEMBERS TO COME AND VISIT HONG KONG AGAIN, NOTING THAT THEY HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO HONG KONG AND SOUTHERN CHINA ABOUT A YEAR AGO,
THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING, MR MACLEOD CALLED ON THE MINISTER OF JAPAN, MR TOSHIKI KAIFU; THE MINISTER OF YOSHIRO HAYASHI AND THE PARLIAMENTARY VICE MINISTER AFFAIRS, MR KOJI KAKIZAWA.
FORMER PRIME FINANCE, MR FOR FOREIGN
IN THE AFTERNOON, HE WILL MEET THE SENIOR DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF JAPAN, MR HIROSHI YOSHIMOTO AND THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, MR IHRI OCHI.
HE WILL ALSO VISIT THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE AND MEET LEADING JAPANESE BUSINESSMEN AND FINANCIERS AT A DINNER HOSTED BY HONG KONG'S PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVE (TOKYO), MR DAVID LAN.
MR MACLEOD WILL ALSO TOUR THE HONG KONG PAVILION AT THE TOKYO TOY SHOW '93 AND BE INTERVIEWED BY JAPANESE MEDIA ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING NHK, THE NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN AND THE JAPANESE TIMES.
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