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Wednesday, January 24, 1973

"We from Hong Kong would respectfully bring to the attention of

Japanese businessmen our hopes for an increase in Hong Kong's exports

to Japan.

"Wise decisions by wise men have brought about a normalisation

of international relationships and a relexation of tension in this area.

World trade is on the up-turn. In Hong Kong these are taken to be solid bases

for optimism, and our businessmen expect steady growth in the years

ahead. We hope that Japanese enterprise will share in this growth and

have profit from it. But we hope also that Hong Kong exporters will be

able to feel more confident about their possibilities in the Japanese market,

so that the friendly commerce between Japan and Hong Kong may develop

in mutual profit and harmony in the years ahead.

"This brings me back to his first example of profitable and harmonious

collaboration between Japan and Hong Kong The World Victoria'.

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We

are here to do honour to her birth, the birth of a great ship, built

in a famous Japanese yard to the order of a famous Hong Kong owner. We

wish her a long and successful life that will bring credit to her builders

and profit to her owners and happiness to all who sail in her.

Release time: 6.30 p.m.