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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15,.1975

PORTER EXPLAINED THAT INTERESTED COMPANIES MAY SET UP FACTORY HERE EITHER DY THEMSELVES OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HONG KONG INDUSTRIALISTS.

MANUFACTURING IN HONG KONG MAKES GOOD ECONOMIC SENSE NOT GALY FOR THE U.S. MARKET BUT FOR THE COUNTRY'S CXPORT MARKETS A WELL.

MR. FORTER SAID THAT FROM HONG KONG, AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS COULD PRODUCE AND EXPORT QUALITY GOODS AT A LOWER COST AND STILL OETRI! A VERY HIGH RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER GOOD REASONS ABOUT WHICH THE TWO DELEGATIONS WILL TELL AMERICAN INDUSTRIALISTS WHEN THEY MEET THEM.

THE MISSION WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO TELL THEIR HOSTS ABOUT HONG KONG'S PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL ESTATES AND ABOUT INDUSTRIAL SITES WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR THEIR PARTICULAR TYPE OF INDUSTRY.

RURAL ANTI-CRIME COMMITTEES TO BE STRENGTHENED

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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY HE INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN THE WORK OF THE FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME AREA COMMITTEES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING LAW AND ORDER IN THE RURAL AREAS.

HE SAID THIS AFTER A MEETING WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR. CHAN YAT-SUN, AND THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR. MIKE ILLINGWORTH. THE MEETING WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY MEMBERS OF THE KUK'S SECURITY COMMITTEE.

MR. AKERS-JONES SAID HE WOULD ALSO EXAMINE THE AREA COMMITTEES' PRESENT COMPOSITION AND CHANGE IT IF NECESSARY TO ENSURE IT IS

TRULY REPRESENTATIVE+.

HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD ASK THE SECURITY COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE LOCAL SITUATION AND THE ORGANISATIONAL STRENGTH OF THE AREA COMMITTEES, AND TO MAKE CONCRETE PROPOSALS TO STRENGTHEN THE FIGHT AGAINST VIOLENT CRIME IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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