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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1989

PRIME MINISTER WILL BE THOROUGHLY BRIEFED ON HK: GOVERNOR

BRITAIN'S

WILL

BE

THE

THATCHER, PRIME MINISTER, MRS MARGARET BRIEFED ON A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING HONG KONG AT MOMENT, BOTH THINGS THAT ARE GOING WELL AND THE PROBLEMS WE FACE, GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) FVENING.

THE

ΤΟ

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT BEFORE LEAVING FOR LONDON,

THE WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES, SIR DAVID SAID: "I EXPECT TO COVER BRING HER UP TO DATE ON HONG KONG,"

IN WHICH I TAKE OFFICIALS IN MEMBERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM,

"THIS IS ONE OF MY REGULAR VISITS TO LONDON THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AND SENIOR THE FOREIGN OFFICE, AND IN OTHER MINISTRIES. ALSO TO MEET PARLIAMENT AND TO MEET MEMBERS OF THE PRESS IN THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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THE DAVID

"I'M ALSO TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET, INFORMALLY, WITH

AFFAIRS

SIR COMMITTEE, FOREIGN CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE ADDED.

BASIC LAW WITH THE IT IN THE

ASKED IF HE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE DRAFT PRIME MINISTER, SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD EXPECT TO DISCUSS FOREIGN OFFICE.

MIGHT "I

TOUCH

IT ON

WITH

THE

QUESTIONS OF DETAIL I WOULD EXPECT TO DEAL OFFICE RATHER THAN AT NO. 10 DOWNING STREET,

PRIME

MINISTER,

WITH WITHIN THE SIR DAVID SAID.

*

BUT ANY FOREIGN

GOVERNOR SEES KEY ROLE FOR HR IN PACIFIC RIM ECONOMY

THE

THE PACIFIC HONG KONG WILL PLAY ITS PART AS COUNTRIES OF

IN

ECONOMY, WORLD IMPORTANT ROLE ASSUME AN INCREASINGLY GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF PACRIM 89 BEING HELD HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.

RIM

THE

AT THE

WAS

THE 1988 TRADE STATISTICS SIR DAVID NOTED THAT ACCORDING TO YEAR BOOK PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, HONG KONG NOW THE 10TH LARGEST TRADING COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD.

HE POINTED OUT THAT MANY FACTORS HAD CONTRIBUTED TO HONG KONG'S SUCCESS, BUT A CRITICAL FACTOR HAD BEEN ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION,

"TO OUR NORTH LIE CHINA WITH ITS NEW OPENNESS TO THE WORLD; THE INDUSTRIALISING ECONOMIES OF ASEAN JAPANESE ECONOMIC GIANT; AND THE NEWLY

ΤΟ THE SOUTH THE FAST SOUTH KOREA AND

TRADING DRAGON. COUNTRIES INCLUDING OUR FELLOW FREE SAID.

TAIWAN.

DEVELOPING

SINGAPORE.

FP

/SIR DAVID

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