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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1993
HK'S INFRASTRUCTURE ESSENTIAL TO ITS FUTURE SUCCESS
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THE GOVERNMENT IS BUSY BUILDING FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE BY PUTTING IN PLACE ALL ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE THAT IT CAN CONTINUE ΤΟ PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CHINA'S FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, WHEN HE OPENED A CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE ROLE OF HONG KONG TO CHINESE CITIES AND CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT TODAY (MONDAY).
HE SAID: "THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION HAS NOW BECOME AND WILL CONTINUE ΤΟ BE THE FASTEST ECONOMIC GROWTH AREA. IT IS A COMMONLY HELD VIEW THAT CHINA COULD BE ONE OF THE LEADING ECONOMIC NATIONS BY THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT CENTURY OR EVEN EARLIER.'
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"BY THEN, HONG KONG COULD BE THE MOST PROSPEROUS CHINESE CITY; AN AMALGAM OF NEW YORK, LONDON, AMSTERDAM AND VENICE AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR TRADING POWERS; PERHAPS RICHER THAN ANY CITY ON EARTH HAS EVER BEEN BEFORE."
MR EASON SAID HONG KONG PEOPLE MUST BE EQUIPPED TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF TOMORROW.
"OUR PLANS FOR THE NEW AIRPORT, THE CONTAINER PORT AND KEY TRANSPORT PROJECTS AS WELL AS OUR ENORMOUS INVESTMENTS IN HUMAN RESOURCES THROUGH EDUCATION, AND OTHER SOCIAL PROGRAMMES ARE IN CHINA'S AS MUCH AS HONG KONG'S INTEREST.
HE SAID IT WAS HIS BELIEF THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS WHICH HAVE MADE HONG KONG TICK UP UNTIL NOW WOULD SHAPE ITS FUTURE BEYOND 1997 AND IT CAN CONTINUE ITS SUCCESS BY PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN FURTHERING CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT CENTURY.
"HONG KONG HAS AN INSEPARABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA IN THE LONG RUN, AND ITS CONTINUED SUCCESS, TO A GREAT EXTENT, DEPENDS ON CHINA.
"THE BROAD DIRECTION OF CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT IRREVERSIBLE. HENCE, MY FIRM BELIEF IN HONG KONG'S SUCCESS," HE SAID.
NOW SEEMS CONTINUED
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GOVERNMENT PRINTER ATTAINS OUTSTANDING STANDARDS
THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY OBTAINED CERTIFICATION, THE FIRST FOR A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT THE PRINTING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG, THE FINANCIAL MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
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OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD CONFERENCE THE INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT PRINTERS' ASSOCIATION, HE SAID EVERY GOVERNMENT RELIED ON THE PRINTED WORD TO COMMUNICATE ITS MESSAGES, DECISIONS AND LAWS WHICH WAS THE MOST RELIABLE AND ACCURATE WAY OF GOING ABOUT ITS BUSINESS,
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