FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1984
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VISITS STRENGTHEN HK-UK TRADE TIES
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HONG KONG AND BRITISH TRADE CONTACTS HAVE BEEN STRENGTHENED FOLLOWING VISITS TO VARIOUS CITIES BY MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON.
THE VISITS TO CARDIFF, NEWCASTLE AND GLASGOW WERE PART OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S LATEST PROMOTION IN BRITAIN, +PROJECT '84+. HONG KONG COMMISSIONER, SIR JACK CATER, WAS THE MAIN SPEAKER AT TRADE SEMINARS IN CARDIFF AND GLASGOW ATTENDED BY MEMBERS OF THE CARDIFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND THE SCOTTISH DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY COUNCIL RESPECTIVELY. HE ALSO ATTENDED A BUSINESS LUNCH IN NEWCASTLE HOSTED BY THE NORTH EAST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
ON HIS WAY TO GLASGOW, THE COMMISSIONER STOPPED OFF IN EDINBURGH WHERE HE ADDRESSED ANOTHER GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN FROM THE SCOTTISH COUNCIL AS GUEST SPEAKER AT A DINNER.
MORE THAN 100 INDUSTRIALISTS, EXPORTERS AND OTHER BUSINESSMEN, MANY WITH EXPERIENCE OF TRADE WITH HONG KONG ATTENDED THE FUNCTIONS. THEY WERE TOLD OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG AS A TRADING PARTNER WITH BRITAIN, OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND OF THE WAYS OF ACHIEVING IT.
THE GALA EVENING IN GLASGOW LAST NIGHT (THURSDAY) BROUGHT TO A CLOSE THE SERIES OF +PROJECT '84+ ACTIVITIES WHICH BEGAN IN LONDON ON MARCH 13. THE GALA EVENINGS IN THE FOUR CITIES WERE ATTENDED BY ABOUT 2 000 MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, LEADERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, CIVIC DIGNITARIES, SENIOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS.
THE PRESENTATION OF CHINESE DANCE AND MUSIC AND A MULTI-SCREEN AUDIO VISUAL SPECTACULAR SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG WAS WELL RECEIVED AND MANY FAVOURABLE COMMENTS WERE MADE TO THE GUESTS AFTERWARDS.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE VISITS TO THE REGIONS WAS THE MEETINGS HELD WITH MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN NEWCASTLE WHERE ITS CHINATOWN AND CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE IS BARELY ONE YEAR OLD.
+PROJECT '84+ IS PART OF THE ON-GOING EVENTS BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE HONG KONG IN BRITAIN, AND INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELD DURING THE YEAR.
FOR EXAMPLE, A SEMINAR TO ENCOURAGE TRADE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND BRITAIN WILL BE HELD IN MANCHESTER ON WEDNESDAY (MARCH 28) AND THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY WILL LEAD A GROUP OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIALISTS ON A MISSION TO LONDON, NEWCASTLE AND EDINBURGH NEXT
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