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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1988

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THE ONGOING ROLE WHICH MR BARROW SAID THE CHINA, GREATER

AND

SHARING THE GOVERNOR'S CONFIDENCE IN

MODERNISATION, HONG KONG WOULD PLAY IN CHINA'S

AT

OF THE CENTRE VISION OF A DYNAMIC HONG KONG ENCOMPASSING THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE MAINLAND, TAIWAN, HONG KONG

THIS DEVELOPMENT, WAS AN MACAU, PLAYING A VITAL ROLE IN SUSTAINING EXCITING ONE.

COMMUNITY

"THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY, AND I MEAN ALL THE

THE ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HAVE THE SELF-CONFIDENCE TO TAKE US THROUGH BEYOND. LET US VIEW 1997 AS A TIME OF OPPORTUNITY,'

THE MUST

THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND

HE CONCLUDED.

NEED TO PROMOTE FREE TRADE

LEADING FULL THE HON PAUL

HONG KONG MUST MAINTAIN ITS STANDING AS THE UNDISPUTED COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CENTRE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, WITH COMMITMENT TOWARDS THE PROMOTION OF FREE AND FAIR TRADE, CHENG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).

STANDARD AND LOCAL

AS THEIR CHENG

ANOTHER OBJECTIVE WAS TO CREATE AND DEVELOP A QUALITY

RESIDENTS FROM BOTH THE WHEREBY OF LIVING ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES, WHO BY CHOICE REGARDED HONG KONG HOME, COULD WORK AND LIVE IN HARMONY WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, MR SAID IN THE POLICY DEBATE.

GROWTH, DESPITE A SLOWDOWN IN THE RATE OF

WITH THE ECONOMIES COMPARED

WAS IN GOOD SHAPE

AROUND THE WORLD, HE SAID.

THE LOCAL ECONOMY OF MOST COUNTRIES

HOWEVER, WITH GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES AHEAD OF HONG KONG, PROTECTIONIST SENTIMENTS WERE WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT. STILL LURKING ABROAD.

PRESIDENT-ELECT OF REPRESENTATIVES

"EVEN WITH A FREE TRADE ADVOCATE LIKE THE U.S. GEORGE BUSH, HE STILL HAS TO CONTEND WITH A HOUSE AND A SENATE IN WASHINGTON WHICH ARE BOTH DOMINATED BY THE DEMOCRATS, HE COMMENTED.

"I

PROTECTIONIST TRADE BILLS, PARTICULARLY IN THE TEXTILES SECTOR, MIGHT WELL RAISE THEIR UGLY HEADS AGAIN.

HONG KONG MUST THEREFORE CONTINUE ITS

AND FREE TRADE IMAGE CONSTRUED AS UNFAIR, SECTOR.

ANY TO ELIMINATE INCLUDING THOSE IN

PROFESSIONAL

EFFORT TO PROMOTE ITS BE MIGHT PRACTICES WHICH

THE

SERVICE

/MR CHENG