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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1988

GOVERNOR TO VISIT CHINA NEXT MONTH

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT CHINA FROM

2 TO 7.

HE WILL FIRST VISIT PEKING, WHERE HE WILL MEET OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE VICE MINISTER OF NAN.

NOVEMBER

SENIOR CHINESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MR ZHOU

HE WILL THEN VISIT FUZHOU AND XIAMEN IN FUJIAN PROVINCE AT INVITATION OF THE GOVERNOR, MR WANG ZHAOGUO, WITH WHOM HE WILL HAVE MEETING.

HE WILL ALSO MEET THE FIRST SECRETARY IN FUJIAN PROVINCE.

THE GOVERNOR WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON, THE

HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY, ADVISER, MR RICHARD CLIFT, HOARE.

AND

THE

A

POLITICAL MR RICHARD

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HONG KONG TAKING RIGHT STEPS FOR DYNAMIC FUTURE: GOVERNOR

OWN

WHICH HONG RIGHT STEPS WERE BEING TAKEN TO CREATE A FUTURE IN KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A DYNAMIC, BUSTLING TERRITORY, WITH ITS

EAST ASIAN TRADING UNIQUE LIFESTYLE AT THE HUB OF THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID IN BRUSSELS TODAY WEDNESDAY).

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TAKE

FULL

WORLD,

THE

ADVANTAGE

SIR DAVID OF THE

SPEAKING AT THE CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES,

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY INVITED OPPORTUNITIES HONG KONG PROVIDED.

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"HONG KONG IS NOW ONE OF THE REGION. IT WILL, I BELIEVE, REMAIN TRADERS, FINANCIERS, MANUFACTURERS. MANY PLACES, HE SAID.

DOORS IN THE FEW GENUINELY OPEN OPEN. A DOOR FOR MANY PEOPLE:

LEADS A DOOR, MOREOVER, THAT

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ΤΟ

THAT

THOSE THE

THE

THE GOVERNOR SAID ALTHOUGH HE UNDERSTOOD THE FEELINGS OF WHO WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, IT ALL BOILED DOWN

BE SIMPLE

OF QUESTION

WHETHER ONE COULD ARRANGEMENTS THAT HAD BEEN MADE WOULD BE CARRIED OUT.

CONFIDENT

BELIEF THAT THE CHINESE

"MY OWN CONFIDENCE IS BASED UPON MY UNDERSTAND HONG KONG'S IMPORTANCE AND POTENTIAL.

"IMPORTANCE, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, FOR CHINA'S OWN DEVELOPMENT;

WHICH CHINA IS BECOMING

AND FOR THE WHOLE REGIONAL ECONOMY, IN INCREASINGLY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT," SIR DAVID SAID.

AN

/THE GOVERNOR