WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1987
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SIR DAVID: HK HAS MUCH TO OFFER ECONOMIC ZONE
HONG KONG HAS A GREAT DEAL TO OFFER THE SHANGHAI ECONOMIC ZONE AS A TRADING PARTNER AND AS AN INVESTOR THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID IN SHANGHAI TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A SEMINAR ON ECONOMIC AND TRADE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE SHANGHAI ECONOMIC ZONE, AFTER HE HAD OPENED THE SHANGHAI OFFICE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
HONG KONG TRADERS AND INVESTORS RECOGNISED HOW MUCH THE ZONE HAD TO OFFER, HE SAID, ADDING THAT HONG KONG WAS ALREADY A SIGNIFICANT TRADING PARTNER OF SHANGHAI, SECOND ONLY TO JAPAN.
"WE ARE THIS CITY'S LARGEST EXPORT MARKET, AND ITS SECOND LARGEST SUPPLIER.
"THERE IS, HOWEVER, MUCH SCOPE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TRADE, AND OF HONG KONG'S TRADE WITH THE SHANGHAI ECONOMIC ZONE AS A WHOLE," HE SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE TDC'S OFFICE IN SHANGHAI WHICH WAS THE FIRST SUCH OFFICE IN CHINA OUTSIDE PEKING, WOULD PITCH ITS EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THAT DEVELOPMENT.
THE ZONE, SIR DAVID SAID IT
ON HONG KONG'S INVESTMENT IN OUTSTRIPPED ALL OTHER EXTERNAL INVESTMENT.
"IN FUJIAN ALONE, HONG KONG INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED IN MANY HUNDREDS OF JOINT VENTURES.
"IN SHANGHAI, NANJING, NINGBO AND MANY OTHER CITIES IN THE ZONE, HONG KONG ENTREPRENEURS ARE INVESTING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, HE SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE SCOPE FOR GROWTH IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE SHANGHAI ECONOMIC ZONE WAS CONSIDERABLE, AND NOT MERELY IN THE AREA OF DIRECT TRADE AND INVESTMENT.
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"THE SHANGHAI ECONOMIC ZONE, LIKE HONG KONG, IS PART OF THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION - THE MOST DYNAMIC AREA OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE WORLD. IT IS A REGION THAT IS ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF REALISING VAST POTENTIAL.
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"ALL OF US IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION DEPEND FOR OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON STRENTHENING THE LINKS BETWEEN US
OUR TRADE, OUR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND THE PHYSICAL COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN US, НЕ SAID.
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TURNING TO ECONOMIC AND TRADE RELATIONSHIP HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID IT HAD SEEN PHENOMENAL GROWTH DECADE.
BETWEEN CHINA AND IN THE LAST
/HONG KONG
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