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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1985

MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID: +HONG KONG ATTRACTS OVER THREE MILLION TOURISTS A YEAR, MAINLY BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT SHOPPING PARADISE. IN TERMS OF VALUE, VARIETY, FACILITIES AND SERVICES, HONG KONG SHOPPING IS THE BEST IN ASIA.

+FOOD IS ANOTHER ATTRACTION IN HONG KONG, WHERE THERE ARE ABOUT 19 000 RESTAURANTS, OR ONE FOR EVERY 300 PEOPLE.+

IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID THAT GERMANY, TOGETHER WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, WAS STEADILY BECOMING A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR HONG KONG TOUR ISTS.

+OUR PEOPLE ARE DISCOVERING GERMANY MORE AND MORE, AND IN THE YEARS AHEAD, I CONFIDENTLY LOOK FORWARD TO MORE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE EXCHANGE BETWEEN HEIDELBERG AND HONG KONG, HE SAID.

MR CHEONG-LEEN ADDED THAT SAID HONG KONG WAS GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION PERIOD WHEREBY IN 12 YEARS IT WOULD BECOME A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA.

+WE ARE STEADILY MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS OUR OWN STYLE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE HONG KONG AS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY, WHERE THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO FLOURISH AND OUR PRESENT LIFE-STYLE PREVAILS WELL INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, HE SAID.

+I BELIEVE THAT HONG KONG'S 5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL FACE UP TO THIS CHALLENGE WITH CONFIDENCE AND DETERMINATION. +

SAFETY IN THE HILLS STRESSED

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THE CIVIL AID SERVICES TODAY (MONDAY) APPEALED TO THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE SAFETY GUIDELINES WHEN GOING ON THE IR HIKES INTO THE MOUNTAINS,

THE APPEAL WAS MADE FOLLOWING THREE EMERGENCY CALLS RECEIVED BY THE SERVICE'S MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT DURING THE LAST WEEKEND WHEN HIKERS WERE REPORTED TO BE MISSING.

IN TWO OF THE CASES, THE HIKERS CONCERNED WERE LOCATED. THE THIRD INCIDENT WAS A FALSE ALARM IN WHICH THE REMAINS OF A HILL FIRE WERE MISTAKEN AS A FLASHING LIGHT BY A LOST HIKER.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL AID SERVICES ADVISED THAT THE FOLLOWING SAFETY GUIDELINES SHOULD BE OBSERVED WHEN PLANNING JOURNEYS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE:

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