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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988

CLOSE

INDUSTRIALISTS WERE ALREADY HARD HIT, AND IF THEY HAD TO

DIMINISH AND THIS CERTAINLY

DOWN BUSINESS, JOB OPPORTUNITIES WOULD WAS NOT GOOD FOR THE LABOUR FORCE, HE SAID.

CHEONG SAID HE

ON THE QUESTION OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, MR DID NOT THINK IT UNREASONABLE TO ASK A WORLD POWER LIKE THE UK

A MINIMUM TO

AND TAKE

RESETTLE IN FIRM COMMITMENT UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE FROM VIETNAM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

HE NOTED THAT FROM JANUARY 1, 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 30,

CANADA HAD REFUGEES, U.S. HAD TAKEN 5, 197 VIETNAMESE AUSTRALIA 2,542.

OF

FOR A 1,000

1988, THE

TAKEN 4,958,

THE UK HAD TAKEN A MERE 88 IN 1984, 44 IN 1985, 156 IN 1987 AND 166 IN 1988.

474 IN 1986,

IN

"WHAT HOPE DOES HONG KONG HAVE COUNTRIES TO HELP US MORE IF OUR SOVEREIGN SUCH AN UNCARING NONCHALANT ATTITUDE?"

OTHER TO PERSUADE TRYING

STATE CONTINUES TO TAKE

RESEARCH MR CHEONG ALSO CALLED FOR MORE GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR

KONG'S INDUSTRIAL AND DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR HONG

DEVELOPMENT.

HONG KONG'S LIKELY THAT THE TAIWAN AND CHINA.

HE NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO RELIABLE STATISTICS ON EXPENDITURE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. BUT IT WAS FIGURE WAS PITIFULLY SMALL COMPARED WITH THE U.S..

HONG KONG WAS UNIQUELY POOR IN NATURAL RESOURCES WHILE RICH HUMAN RESOURCES.

IN

ONLY THROUGH HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT KONG BE ABLE TO UTILISE ITS HUMAN TALENTS POSITION IN THE MODERN WORLD, HE SAID.

WOULD HONG

ΤΟ MAINTAIN ITS ECONOMIC

EQUAL STATUS FOR CHINESE MEDICAL PRACTICE URGED

CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICAL

PRACTICE SHOULD BE GIVEN EQUAL BOTH TYPES OF PRACTICE CURE STATUS WITH WESTERN-STYLE MEDICINE AS

SAID TODAY DISEASE AND ALLEVIATE DISCOMFORT, DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP (WEDNESDAY)

IN

DR FURTHER CHINESE

COUNCIL, LEGISLATIVE SPEAKING IN THE POLICY DEBATE IN THE

1957, WAS ENACTED LEGISLATION IF NOTED THAT AMENDMENTS, ALLOWING ANY PERSON OF CHINESE RACE MEDICINE IN THE TRADITIONAL WAY.

WITH ΤΟ PRACTISE

NO

/"WHILST ALLOWING ....