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MONDAY, MAY 16, 1994
PROPERTY
MR EASON SAID: "THE MEETINGS ARE VERY USEFUL AND INTERESTING. I WAS ABLE TO COMPARE NOTES ON HOW TO DEAL WITH AN OVER-HEATED MARKET SITUATION.
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MARKET BUBBLE PRESENT
HE NOTED THAT TOKYO PREVIOUSLY HAD A PROPERTY SITUATION WHICH HAD SOMETIMES BEEN COMPARED WITH HONG KONG'S SITUATION.
HE FOUND THAT WHILE THERE WERE CERTAIN SIMILARITIES, THERE WERE ALSO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO SITUATIONS.
GREAT CARE
THEREFORE NEEDS
SOLUTIONS NOT
ΤΟ MAKE THE MISTAKE
TO BE TAKEN WHEN
FOR "FOREIGN" LESSONS OF APPLYING
LOOKING
INAPPROPRIATELY.
ΤΟ
SUSTAINABLE
ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE, MR EASON SAID IT WAS INTERESTING NOTE THAT THE JAPANESE APPROACH TOWARDS ASSESSING DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS WAS QUITE SIMILAR TO HONG KONG'S.
"BOTH JAPAN AND HONG KONG ARE COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS AGREED AT THE RIO SUMMIT AND THE PROVISIONS OF 21 PERTAINING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT," MR EASON SAID.
UP THE AGENDA
DURING THE VISIT, MR EASON ALSO SPOKE AT A LUNCHEON MEETING THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN TOKYO ON THE SUBJECT OF HONG IN TRANSITION.
OF KONG
HONG KONG
IN FURTHERING
IN HIS SPEECH, MR EASON EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND PLAY A SIGNIFICANT PART CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT CENTURY,
HE
ALSO NOTED THAT MANY EMIGRANTS WERE RETURNING TO HONG BECAUSE OF THE STRONG ECONOMY HERE AND THE ABUNDANT OPPORTUNITIES WORK AND INVEST IN HONG KONG AND CHINA.
KONG ΤΟ
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GOVT'S ROLE IN GREEN PRODUCTIVITY
THOSE INVOLVED IN WINNING VIRGIN ASSOCIATIONS, RESEARCH GOVERNMENT ITSELF. REPRESENT POWERFUL
INCLUDING MANY GROUPS,
RESOURCES, THE INSTITUTES AND FORCES
PRODUCTION
INDUSTRIAL LINE,
FOR
PRODUCTIVITY,
THE
DIRECTOR
THE CENTRAL PROMOTING GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
OF
BY THE ADDRESSING A WORKSHOP ON GREEN PRODUCTIVITY, ORGANISED
ELABORATED ON THE ROLE OF ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY ORGANISATION, DR REED
STEPS THAT THE HONG GOVERNMENTS IN THIS AREA AND SOME OF THE
KONG GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE GREEN PRODUCTIVITY.
ENVIRONMENTAL
PAYS
OF
THESE INCLUDED THE PROMOTION OF AN IMPROVED
THE APPLICATION OF THE POLLUTER ETHIC AMONGST THE COMMUNITY,
OF PRINCIPLE, ENFORCEMENT
PROVISION CONTROLS, ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT PROGRAMMES FOR INDUSTRY.
STATUTORY
/STRESSING THE