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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1988

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PRESENCE IN HONG "THERE WILL NO DOUBT BE AN OFFICIAL CHINESE KONG, RELATED TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFENCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

THE HONG BUT IT WILL NOT BE PART OF AND THIS WILL BE QUITE PROPER KONG GOVERNMENT, SIR DAVID SAID.

A FAR GREATER "IN FORMAL TERMS, HONG KONG WILL IN FACT ENJOY DEGREE OF AUTONOMY FROM PEKING THAN IT HAS EVER FROM LONDON.

"THIS IS IN RECOGNITION, OF COURSE, OF THE REALITY THAT

THE IN PRACTICE GRANTS HONG KONG PRETTY COMPLETE FREEDOM IN OF ITS OWN AFFAIRS.

"THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT BEYOND JULY 1, 1997," HE ADDED.

LONDON HANDLING

AUTONOMY

WILL

UP CONTINUE,

то AND

MORE THAN EVER BEFORE

TURNING TO TRADE, SIR DAVID SAID THAT HONG KONG WAS THE SPRINGBOARD TO DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA.

HE SAID HONG KONG PROVIDED MORE DIRECT CHINA THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD PUT TOGETHER.

FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN

"CHINA IS NOW HONG KONG'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER WAS WORTH US$26 BILLION IN 1987," HE SAID.

NOTING

-

THAT TRADE

KONG

THAT

IN HONG OF MOST

THE BUSINESSMEN THEMSELVES CHINESE, WESTERN-ORIENTED AND TRAINED, SIR DAVID SAID SEEKING ΤΟ BREAK WERE PERFECT PARTNERS FOR WESTERN BUSINESSES THE CHINA MARKET.

WERE

THEY INTO

PRIORITY SET FOR LAW TRANSLATION

* * * ‡ ‡

FOR

TWO

THE BILINGUAL LAWS ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT DEVOTED ΤΟ 1989 PRIORITY ATTENTION IN LAW TRANSLATION SHOULD BE MAJOR GROUPINGS CRIMINAL LAWS AS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAW.

ΤΟ

THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED THAT PRIORITY MUST BE

WHICH ARE MOST ORDINANCES

LIKELY THE

OF TRANSLATION CONSULTED BY LARGE SECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC AND TO BE USED IN THE COURTS IN HONG KONG.

GIVEN TO BE LOWER

BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPORTED

HE

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) COMMITTEE, DR DANIEL TSE, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT WHICH ON THE COMMITTEE'S WORK PLAN.

/DR TSE