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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1988

OCCASIONALLY, SOME OF THEM CAN BE SEEN

COAST DURING MIGRATION.

ELSEWHERE AROUND THE

THE STAMPS WERE DESIGNED BY MISS KAREN PHILLIPPS AND PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA.

A SET OF FOUR POSTCARDS SHOWING AN ENLARGEMENT OF EACH STAMP WILL ALSO BE ISSUED.

OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS, AT 50 CENTS EACH AND POSTCARDS AT $1 EACH, WILL BE ON SALE AT ALL. POST OFFICES ON APRIL 6. FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED CLOSER TO THE DAY OF ISSUK.

BELGIUM CAN PLAY BIGGER ROLE IN HK TRADE

THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY. MR K.Y. YEUNG, VISITED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN BRUSSELS AND SPOKE TO THE BELGIAN PRESS ON WEDNESDAY (MARCH 9).

HE HAD JUST ATTENDED A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE FRENCH NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EMPLOYERS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN PARIS ON THE THEME OF "HONG KONG: BASE FOR PURCHASING AND PRODUCTION IN THE REGIONAL WORLD MARKETS".

AND

WAS ΤΟ STRESS HONG LOCATION AND AS A THERE ELAD BEEN AN

MR YEUNG'S PURPOSE DURING THE SEMINAR KONG'S POSITION AS AN OFFSHORE. MANUFACTURING GATEWAY TO CHINA FOR OVERSEAS INVESTORS. HE SAID UPSURGE IN INVESTMENT INTEREST COMING FROM WESTERN EUROPE, ESPECIALLY FROM FRANCE.

INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG HAD UP TO NOW BEEN MAINLY CONCENTRATED IN THE SERVICE SECTOR BUT HAD REMAINED LOW IN THE MANUFACTURING SIDE.

FRANCE WAS ONLY NUMBER 14 ON THE LIST OF IN VALUE TERMS.

INVESTING

COUNTRIES

SO FAR THE LARGEST INVESTORS HAD BEEN THE UNITED STATES PER CENT), JAPAN (21 PER CENT), CHINA (15 PER CENT) AND THE UK (8 CENT).

(30 PER

AS FAR AS BELGIUM WAS CONCERNED, THE COUNTRY HAD TO DATE ONLY SET UP THREE FACTORIES.

MR VRUNG EMPHASISED THAT HIONG KONG ATTRACT TECHNOLOGICAL INVESTMENT. AS IT WAS INDUSTRIAL SPECTRUM WAS THEREFORE NARROW.

WAS NOW VERY KEEN ΤΟ SMALL TERRITORY ITS

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HONG KONG