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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1994
CHIEF SECRETARY WRAPS UP SUCCESSFUL HK PROMOTION IN U.S.
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, TODAY (SATURDAY) COMPLETED DELEGATION WEEK-LONG VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES AS LEADER OF THE
HONG KONG IN TAKING PART IN THE BIGGEST EVER PROMOTION STAGED BY AMERICA.
GEORGIA, MRS CHAN
ON HER SECOND AND FINAL DAY IN ATLANTA, DESCRIBED THE VISIT AS VERY WORTHWHILE AND REWARDING.
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CEMENT TIES WITH 'NOT ONLY HAS IT BEEN POSSIBLE FOR US TO CITIES WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED A PRESENCE, SUCH AS NEW YORK, BUT ALSO ENABLE US TO STRENGTHEN AND FORGE NEW TIES WITH CITIES CHICAGO AND ATLANTA.
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SHE HAD
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BUT
BY THE SAID
ENCOURAGED
THE TERRITORY'S CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND IN ROLE, NOT ONLY AS AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK, AS A PRE-EMINENT GATEWAY TO DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA, AND IN THE ENTIRE EAST ASIAN REGION.
KEYNOTE CHAN WAS
DURING A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION AT THE END OF HER SPEECH TO 300 MEMBERS OF ATLANTA'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY, MRS ASKED WHAT SHE CONSIDERED THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR TO ENSURING A SMOOTH TRANSITION IN 1997,
WOULD
IN RESPONSE, SHE SAID IF SHE HAD TO PICK A SINGLE BE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE RULE OF
FACTOR IT
LAW WHICH WOULD BE OF
FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN TO HONG KONG.
ECONOMY CAN
"IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT OUR GROW AT A PACE AT WHICH IT HAS GROWN AND TO ENSURE BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG, IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE MAINTAIN THE RULE OF LAW.
CHAN
"AND THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS ENGAGED IN DOING, WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF CHINA WE VERY MUCH HOPE," MRS SAID.
THE HONG KONG SHOWCASE A HIGHLIGHT OF THE SECOND DAY WAS
AND EXHIBITION OPENING, HONG KONG ARTISANS PERFORMED TRADITIONAL ARTS
ATLANTA UNDERGROUND, AN CRAFTS, AND DISPLAYS CAME TO LIFE AT THE HISTORIC AREA OF THE SOUTHERN U.S. CITY,
ALSO FEATURED IN THE EXHIBITION, WHICH CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY CHINESE LIFE, NIGHT, IS A SAMPLE OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL STYLE OF
COSTUMES AND CHINESE INCLUDING WEDDING
MING DYNASTY ROYAL GOWNS, DINNER SETS.
THE UNDERGROUND IS ONE OF THE CITY'S SPOTS, ATTRACTING MILLIONS OF VISITORS EACH YEAR.
MOST POPULAR TOURIST
CHILDREN FROM THE LOCAL SCHOOLS WERE ENTRANCED BY A LION
HER IN
THE SPEECH, CEREMONY, WHICH PRECEDED THE OPENING
ATLANTA A SECRETARY SAID THE SHOWCASE EXHIBITION BROUGHT TO SAMPLE OF WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD.
DANCE
CHIEF
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SHE SAID WHILE THE U.S.A. HAD THE WORLD'S LARGEST ECONOMY, HONG NOW KONG WITH ITS TINY SIZE AND POPULATION OF JUST SIX MILLION, HAD BECOME THE WORLD'S EIGHTH LARGEST TRADING ENTITY.
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