FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
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MADRID TRIP AIMS TO AROUSE TRADE INTEREST
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON HE HOPED TO BE ABLE TO AROUSE OVERSEAS INTEREST IN INVESTING IN AND TRADING WITH HONG KONG DURING HIS TRIP TO MADRID,
SAID
PART OF
THE
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON HIS ATTENDING THE 1994 ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE WORLD BANK/INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF), SIR HAMISH
SEEMED TO BE BECOMING AWARE OF THIS SPANISH INVESTORS WORLD, HONG KONG AND CHINA IN PARTICULAR.
SAID HE
SPANISH THERE WAS ALSO AN AWARENESS AMONG THAT MORE NEEDED TO BE DONE IN GETTING INTO THIS REGION.
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PARTICULAR SAID.
INVESTORS
HOPE TO BUILD ON THAT INTEREST AND AROUSE I IN INVESTING IN HONG KONG OR TRADING WITH HONG
INTEREST KONG,"
IN
HE
ASKED
TO
FOREIGN
SIR
HAMISH
COMMENT ON THE MEETING BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER IN NEW YORK, SECRETARY SAID HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE WORDS THAT HAD BEEN USED TO DESCRIBE THE MEETING,
"WE WANT BUSINESS-LIKE DISCUSSIONS WHICH, IF FOLLOWED UP OVER A PERIOD, LEAD TO RESULTS, HE SAID.
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CHIEF SECRETARY MEETS MEDIA
THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, AFTER THE FOUNDATION STONE CEREMONY OF THE INSTITUTE OF RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY, ELIZABETH HOSPITAL TODAY.
BY THE LAYING QUERN
REPORTER: MRS CHAN, THERE IS A REPORT IN TODAY'S EASTERN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER SAYING THAT CHINA APPARENTLY INTENDS SETTING UP A POWERFUL COMMITTEE OF CADRES TO OVERSEE HONG KONG AFTER 1997, HOW DOES THE GOVERNMENT VIEW ON SUCH A DEVELOPMENT?
MRS CHAN: 1 CAN'T OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, VERIFY THE STORY. I THINK YOU HAVE TO ASK THE CHINESE, BUT I AM SURE THE CHINESE WILL BEAR IN MIND THE NEED TO GIVE ASSURANCE TO THE HONG KONG PEOPLE THAT THE JD PROVISIONS AS REGARDS TO A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FAITHFULLY AFTER 1997.
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