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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1982

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DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY TO OPEN STUTTGART OFFICE

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THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR PETER TSAO, HAS LEFT FOR EUROPE TO OPEN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION OFFICE IN STUTTGART, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.

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THE OFFICE, TO BE INAUGURATED ON WEDNESDAY' (OCTOBER 6), IS HONG KONG'S THIRD OVERSEAS INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION OFFICE AFTER TOK YO AND LONDON.

THE MINISTERIAL DIRECTOR OF THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIES IN BADEN WUERTTEMBERG, MR PETER KISTNER, AND THE COMMERCIAL CONSUL OF THE BRITISH CONSULATE IN STUTTGART, MR J.C. RADCLIFFE, WILL JOIN MR TSAO FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY, WHICH WLL BE ATTENDED BY SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF MAJOR FIRMS AND BANKS, AND SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS.

THE FOLLOWING DAY, MR TSAO TOGETHER WITH DR VICTOR FUNG, A PROMINENT HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL IST AND MEMBER OF THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD, AND MR VIC MILLER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, WILL ADDRESS A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE STUTTGART CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

THEY WILL THEN LEAVE FOR COLOGNE WHERE THEY WILL SPEAK AT A SEMINAR SPONSORED BY THE GERMAN FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIES ON OCTOBER 8 BEFORE FLYING TO STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, TO TAKE PART IN A TWO-DAY HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION SEMINAR AND DISCUSSIONS WITH

INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND BANKS (OCTOBER 11-12) ORGANISED BY THE SWEDISH TRADE COUNCIL AND MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY,

AT THE SEMINAR, MR TSAO WILL SPEAK ON THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENTS IN HONG KONG.

DR FUNG WILL TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE OF INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG, AND ITS VALUE AS A TARGET FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND A BASE FOR REGIONAL MARKETING.

MR MILLER WILL GIVE DETAILS OF THE PROVISION OF INDUSTRIAL LAND FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN HONG KONG.