THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1993
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HONG KONG TO STAYPUT IN WORLD TRADE FOREFRONT: CS
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HONG KONG IS AND WILL BE IN THE FOREFRONT OF WORLD TRADE, INTO THE FUTURE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
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"I BELIEVE OUR INHERENT STRENGTHS ARE THERE AND ARE THERE FOR THE FUTURE, SIR DAVID SAID.
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ABOVE ALL HE BELIEVES THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WITH THEIR RESILIENCE AND THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY KEEP HONG KONG THAT WAY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE EUROPE/EAST ASIA ECONOMIC FORUM LUNCHEON, CO-HOSTED BY HIM AND THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, DR VICTOR FUNG.
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SIR DAVID SAID THE STRENGTH OF HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE BEYOND
"THERE IS A TREMENDOUS MUTUAL BENEFIT IN HONG KONG AND CHINA CONTINUING TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP LONG INTO THE FUTURE, HE SAID.
то DATE, HONG KONG AND CHINA ARE EACH OTHER'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNERS AND INVESTORS. HONG KONG IS THE BIGGEST INVESTOR IN CHINA WITH 75 PER CENT OF ALL JOINT VENTURES HAVING A HONG KONG CONTENT.
LAST YEAR, CHINA BECAME THE LARGEST INVESTOR IN HONG KONG.
"SO THERE IS A TREMENDOUS MUTUAL ADVANTAGE IN CONTINUING RELATIONSHIP, SIR DAVID SAID.
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HE SAID THE GROWING INTERNATIONAL CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG WAS ALSO A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO ITS SUCCESS.
HONG KONG IS STILL WORLD'S TOP CONTAINER PORT
HONG HỒNG HAS RETAINED ITS LEAD AS THE WORLD'S BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT.
IT HAS ONCE AGAIN LEAPT HEAD OF ITS NEAREST RIVAL, SINGAPORE, THANKS TO RECORD THROUGHPUT IN JULY.
COMMENTING ON THE JULY FIGURES RELEASED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE SECRETARY OF THE PORT DEVELOPMENT BOARD, TONY CLARK, SAID:
"HONG KONG'S CONTAINER THROUGHPUT IN JULY WAS THE HIGHEST ANY PORT, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, HAS EVER ACHIEVED IN A SINGLE MONTH,
A TOTAL OF 849,000 20-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS (TEUS) WERE HANDLED DURING JULY. THAT BROUGHT HONG KONG'S TOTAL FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO 5,030,000. THIS WAS SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE SINGAPORE FIGURE OF 5,014,000 IN THE SAME PERIOD.
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