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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1994
"THE PROPOSALS WILL RESULT IN TOTAL SAVINGS OF $4.7 MILLION YEAR AND THE DELETION OF 12 POSTS IN THE TREASURY AND THE RATING VALUATION DEPARTMENT.
"THE PROPOSAL TO ABOLISH HALF-REFUND OF RATES FOR PROPERTIES IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF MILLION A YEAR.'
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NON-DOMESTIC ABOUT $94
HONG KONG PEOPLE ENJOY FREE SPEECH: SHA
FREE SPEECH AND HONG
IS A CITY WHERE ITS PEOPLE ENJOY KONG
THE SECRETARY WHERE DIVERSE OPINIONS CAN BE COMFORTABLY ACCOMMODATED,
SAID THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING. FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN,
ADDRESSING
THE
27TH ASSEMBLY OF
THE
CHINESE-LANGUAGE
PRESS FACT
INSTITUTE, MR SUEN SAID THIS WAS ALSO BEST DEMONSTRATED BY THE THAT THERE WERE CURRENTLY 78 NEWSPAPERS AND 653 PERIODICALS REGISTERED IN THE TERRITORY, INCLUDING 45 CHINESE LANGUAGE DAILIES.
HE SAID: "THE
CHINESE LARGER PAPERS INCLUDE OVERSEAS
HAVE EDITIONS COMMUNITIES IN THEIR DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, AND SOME PRINTED OUTSIDE HONG KONG, IN PARTICULAR IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIA,
"HONG KONG IS ALSO THE SOUTHEAST ASIA BASE FOR MANY NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, NEWS AGENCIES AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA.'
THE
THE
GROWTH OF EFFORT
IN
WHILE THE FREE MARKET POLICY HAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE SPARED NO MEDIA HAD ALSO INDUSTRY, NEWSPAPER REPORTING TO THE COMMUNITY UP-TO-DATE FINANCIAL NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE IN THEIR WORLD TO ENABLE THE BUSINESS SECTOR TO GAIN AN UPPER HAND BUSINESSES, HE SAID.
"THIS CERTAINLY HAS A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY OF HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
ON
T
INSTITUTIONS
EVERY
MR SUEN SAID THE TERTIARY THE TRAINING SIDE,
FOR THE PROFESSION GROOMED QUITE A NUMBER OF QUALIFIED PEOPLE YEAR.
UPGRADING COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ARE ALSO CONDUCTED BY
BOARD
THE TRAINING
AND
HONG KONG JOURNALISM
JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION TO BEEF UP THE STANDARDS OF WORKING JOURNALISTS.
THE
"IN
THEY
CHANCES ORDER
CAN FULLY AVAIL THEMSELVES ADDITION, TO EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR OVERSEAS TO BROADEN THEIR HORIZON, HE SAID.
OF
THE MANY COUNTERPARTS
IN
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