SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1993
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE ON SHENZHEN FACTORY FIRE
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE GOVERNOR, RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, HAS THIS MORNING SENT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO THE MAYOR OF SHENZHEN.
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"TO MR LI YOUWEI,
I WAS APPALLED TO LEARN OF THE TERRIBLE FIRE YESTERDAY AT A FACTORY IN KUICHONG. I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IN HONG KONG WOULD WANT TO JOIN ME IN SENDING OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ΤΟ YOU, AND THROUGH YOU TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE FIRE, AND TO THE MANY MORE WHO WERE INJURED. THIS IS NOT THE: FIRST TRAGIC EVENT WITH WHICH SHENZHEN HAS HAD TO LIVE IN RECENT MONTHS. AS YOUR NEIGHBOURING CITY, WITH EVER CLOSER LINKS BETWEEN OUR PEOPLE, WE IN HONG KONG INEVITABLY SHARE YOUR GRIEF ON OCCASIONS SUCH AS THIS.'
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POSITIVE RESPONSE ABOUT HK FUTURE
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SECRETARY-DESIGNATE, MRS ANSON CHAN, (FRIDAY, PARIS TIME) THAT SHE HAD BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE POSITIVE RESPONSE" FROM EUROPE BUSINESS LEADERS ABOUT THE HONG KONG.
SAID TODAY "EXTREMELY FUTURE OF
DURING THE PAST WEEK, MRS CHAN HAD SPEARHEADED A MAJOR HONG./ KONG PROMOTION IN EUROPE WHICH COVERED GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS AND: FRANCE WHERE SHE MET BUSINESS LEADERS, FINANCIERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
THE PROMOTION INCLUDED HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS SEMINARS WHICH WERE ATTENDED BY OVER 300 EXECUTIVES IN EACH OF THE THREE CITIES - WHERE THEY WERE HELD FRANKFURT, AMSTERDAM AND PARIS.
KEEN INTEREST WORKSHOPS AS EUROPEAN CONTINUES TO GROW.
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WAS ALSO SHOWN IN THE BREAKAWAY AIRPORT INTEREST IN THE HUGE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME!
SPEAKING AT A NEWS CONFERENCE IN PARIS AT THE END OF HER MISSION, MRS CHAN SAID THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO INVEST IN HONG KONG AND "A GREAT DEAL OF GOODWILL TOWARDS HONG KONG IN TERMS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES".
"I THINK IT IS TRUE TO SAY THAT MOST BUSINESSMEN NOW ARE LOOKING BEYOND 1997 IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG. THEY WERE SEEING HONG KONG AS A VERY GOOD PLACE TO INVEST IN THE MEDIUM AND LONG TERM.
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