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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1988

"OUR PRINCIPAL AIM OF

PROMOTING OVERSEAS

INVESTMENT IS TO ARE MADE TO DO VENTURES BETWEEN OVERSEAS AND

FACILITATE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND A LOT OF EFFORTS 'MATCH-MAKING' TO BRING ABOUT

JOINT

+

LOCAL PARTNERS.

"THE

OF SUCCESS

PROGRAMME IS REFLECTED IN

THE

ITS

DEPARTMENT'S

INVESTMENT

PROMOTION

1987 SURVEY ON OVERSEAS INVESTMENT WHICH 541 ESTABLISHMENTS

BETWEEN LOCAL AND

WHICH SHOWED THAT NEARLY HALF OF THE REPORTED ON OVERSEAS INTEREST WERE JOINT VENTURES OVERSEAS FIRMS.

76 PROJECTS

WE HAD CENT KONG

"OUR OWN INTERNAL ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPLETED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS ALSO INDICATED THAT OVER 40 PER

THAN THOSK OF THE BEST WERE USING TECHNOLOGIES HIGHER

HONG

COMPANIES.

EASTERN PREPARES PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN FOR DB ELECTIONS

A LARGE-SCALE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN IS BEING ORGANISED IN DISTRICT TO PROMOTE THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON MARCH 10.

THE CAMPAIGN WILL RUN FROM NEXT WEEK TO ELECTION DAY.

IT IS AIMED AT URGING ELECTORS TO VOTE AND AT GIVING DETAILS ABOUT THE CANDIDATES AND THEIR ELECTION PLATFORMS.

EASTERN

RESIDENTA

BEARING

A TOTAL OF 30,000 PIECES OF LUNAR NEW YEAR 'FAI. CHUN'

BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR HAVE BEEN PRODUCED VOTING MESSAGES DISTRIBUTION TO RESIDENTS.

IN ADDITION,

THE

DISTRICT

OFFICE

WILL

20 ERECT

WOODEN DISTRICT 30 AS TO

PUBLICITY SIGNBOARDS ON MAJOR FOOTBRIDGES IN THE GENERATE AN ELECTION ATMOSPHERE.

"IN ORDER TO INFORM THE

OF PUBLIC

DISTRICT

OFFICE HAS

THE CANDIDATES' ELECTION AND LOCATIONS OF POLLING ELECTION PUBLISHED

42,000

PLATFORMS, THE CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES

STATIONS, THE SUPPLEMENTS," A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"THESE

WILL NEWSPAPERS NEXT WEEK.

BE

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DISTRIBUTED

TOGETHER

WITH THE

DISTRICT

PLATFORMS

SIX ELECTION FORUMS WILL BE HELD BETWEEN FEBRUARY 8 AND

CANDIDATES AND THEIR ELECTION INTRODUCE THE 45 PUBLIC, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

/THE DATES,

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