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TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1988

JLG SUB-GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS TO MEET IN HK

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP SUB-GROUP ON 2 INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS WILL BE HELD ON MAY 31 TO JUNE IN HONG KONG.

THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE LED BY MR FRED BURROWS WHO WILL BE ASSISTED BY TWO OTHER MEMBERS, MR NORMAN CHAN AND MISS SHELAGH BROOKS.

OTHER EXPERTS FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

WILL ATTEND AS

NECESSARY.

HIGH SERVICE STANDARDS HELP ATTRACT TOURISTS

THE ABILITY OF HONG KONG TO ATTRACT FIRST TIME VISITORS AND THOSE MAKING A RETURN TRIP, IS DUE IN NO SMALL MEASURE TO THE RANGE AND QUALITY OF THE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE TOURIST INDUSTRY.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, WHEN SHE OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF HOTEL AND CATERING SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT, FOOD AND DRINK.

MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG IN MANY WAYS HAD BECOME A GREAT METROPOLIS OF THE EAST. IN 1987, THE TERRITORY ATTRACTED A RECORD NUMBER OF 4.5 MILLION VISITORS

PER SOME 20

CENT MORE THAN THAT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

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WAY

"THE WORLD COMMUNITY IS BECOMING PROGRESSIVELY MORE MOBILE, AND AN INCREASING NUMBER OF DISCERNING TRAVELLERS WILL FIND THEIR TO HONG KONG.

“HONG HONG HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD AND IS NOW FIRMLY ESTABLISHED AS A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR BOTH VISITORS AND BUSINESS TRAVELLERS," SHE SAID.

LOPPIST

NOTING THAT PRESENT FORECASTS INDICATED THAT THE LOCAT INDUSTRY WOULD CONTINUE TO FLOURISH, MRS CHAN SAID IN THE "EXT ! YEARS, HONG KONG WAS EXPECTED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 HOTEL TO THE EXISTING STOCK OF 21,000 ROOMS.

"IT IS