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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1987

BUSINESS; THERE UP A "IT IS EASY TO SET CUSTOMS CONTROLS OR DUTIES AND NO FOREIGN EXCHANGE OF COURSE, IT'S A GREAT FINANCIAL, COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE, MR PURL SAID.

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ARE VIRTUALLY NO RESTRICTIONS. AND

AND TRANSPORTATION

13TH IN TOTAL WORLD 'DESPITE ITS SIZE, TINY HONG KONG RANKS

LAST YEAR THE TERRITORY TRADING TERMS AND EXPECTS TO BE 10TH SOON.

UNITED EXPORTED U.S.$20 BILLION OF ITS OWN GOODS, 42 PER CENT TO THE

CENT ΤΟ THE UNITED STATES AND RE-EXPORTED US$16 BILLION,

A STATES," MR PURL NOTED, ADDING THAT MUCH OF THIS SUCCESS IS DUE TO HARD-WORKING ADAPTABLE WORK-FORCE.

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DSW TO ATTEND CONFERENCE ON HOMELESSNESS

WONG, LEFT FOR TO OBSERVE

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH CANADA TODAY (SATURDAY) TO ATTEND THE CANADIAN CONFERENCE THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS.

AND RENEWAL WELFARE, CANADA,

ORGANISED BY THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING OFFICIALS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON SOCIAL THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 13 AND 15 IN OTTAWA.

MRS WONG SAID SHE HOPED TO BE ABLE TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION EXPERIENCES WITH THE CANADIAN AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS THE ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS AND SHELTER.

FOR

AND

ON

PARTNERSHIPS

FOR

BUILDING INNOVATIVE

IN HOUSING

AND

"THE THEME OF THE CONFERENCE IS 'NEW

NECESSITY THE EMPHASISES WHICH THE FUTURE'

INVOLVED VARIOUS SECTORS CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

"DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD TO FIND OUT PRACTICAL

AND THE HOUSING BETWEEN COMMUNITY GROUPS, GOVERNMENTS ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS PERSONS,

COLLABORATIONS

INDUSTRY

IN

PROBLEM

FOR

CALLS "IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO RECOGNISES THAT THE

AND ITS SOLUTION IS MULTI-FACET SLEEPERS STREET CONCERTED EFFORTS OF A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS," MRS WONG SAID.

OF

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