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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1994
"WE ARE NOW THE WORLD'S EIGHTH LARGEST TRADING ECONOMY, THE BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT, THIRD BUSIEST PASSENGER AIRPORT AND SECOND BUSIEST CARGO AIRPORT. TODAY, HONG KONG'S PER CAPITA GDP
IS ABOUT US$20,000, WHICH IS AHEAD OF THAT OF BRITAIN, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. OUR ECONOMY GROWS BY AN AVERAGE OF SIX PER CENT EVERY YEAR AND GDP IS NOW DOUBLING IN REAL TERMS ROUGHLY EVERY DECADE," MRS CHAN SAID.
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MRS CHAN EMPHASISED THAT IT WAS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT: FOR KONG TO MAINTAIN ITS WELL EARNED REPUTATION FOR OPERATING PLAYING FIELD, AND FOR RUNNING A CLEAN, EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF CORRUPTION AND POLITICAL INTERFERENCE.
"THE PRESERVATION OF THE RULE OF LAW IS VITAL TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, NOT LEAST THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. ONCE THAT BECOME ERODED, OR UNDERMINED, BUSINESS, LIKE THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, WILL FIND ITSELF PLAYING ON A FIELD THAT IS ANYTHING BUT LEVEL, FAMILIAR OR FRIENDLY, THIS IS ONE PLAYING FIELD WHERE THE GOAL POSTS CANNOT BE SHIFTED, AND I HOPE THAT OUR FRIENDS IN BUSINESS MAKE THAT CLEAR AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ALL OF US INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SECURE HONG KONG'S FUTURE," MRS CHAN SAID.
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TODAY {THURSDAY), MRS CHAN WILL MEET WITH SENIOR CANADIAN BUSINESS EXECUTIVES OF COMPANIES WITH HONG KONG LINKS AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE TREASURY BOARD OF CANADA AND MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, THE HON ARTHUR EGGLETON. SHE WILL THEN FLY BACK TO TORONTO IN THE AFTERNOON AND ATTEND A HONG KONG GALA DINNER METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE IN THE EVENING.
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