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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1989

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WORKING WELL IN A BEING PROGRESSIVELY

HE SAID THE JOINT DECLARATION WAS ALREADY CONSTITUTIONAL SENSE IN THAT ITS PROVISIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED IN A WAY WHICH WOULD ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION IN 1997.

IN ECONOMIC TERMS, MR MCGLYNN CONTINUED, IT HAD ALSO PROVIDED A KONG'S ECONOMY TO CONTINUE SOUND AND RELIABLE FOUNDATION FOR HONG

EXPORTS, INCREASING PRIVATE THRIVING AS EVIDENCED BY ITS GROWING INVESTMENT IN PLANT AND ALMOST NON-EXISTENT UNEMPLOYMENT, AS AND PRIVATE PROJECTS BEING DEVELOPED THERE.

MACHINERY,

A BUOYANT WELL AS

PROPERTY

THE LONG-TERM

MARKET AND PUBLIC

UNIQUE

POSITION

AMONG THE

A OCCUPIED HE SAID HONG HONG EXPANDING ECONOMIES OF THE PACIFIC RIM AND HAD BEEN DESCRIBED AS MOST IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS IN ASIA".

"THE

HONG KONG FROM WHICH TO DO AS A WHOLE THROUGH

AMERICAN EXPORTERS COULD FIND MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN AND MANY PEOPLE ALSO SAW IT AS A LUCRATIVE MARKET BUSINESS WITH CHINA AND THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION THE END OF THIS DECADE INTO THE 1990'S AND BEYOND, HE NOTED.

ALSO FACED ITS

MR MCGLYNN SAID LIKE ANYWHERE ELSE, HONG KONG SHARE OF PROBLEMS, ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS NOW BEING THE HUGE INFLOW OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AT A TIME

IN

THE UNITED DRAMATICALLY.

STATES

"THERE ARE NO PRECEDENTS

NEXT

ALONG ITS WAY IN THE

FEW

WHEN RESETTLEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

HAD COUNTRIES

WESTERN

DECLINED

AND OTHER

-

ΤΟ NO SIGNPOSTS

IT REALLY YEARS.

HE SAID.

-

GUIDE IS A

HONG REMARKABLE

KONG

FOR GENERAL DUTIES,

CITY

WHICH ALSO

JOURNEY WHICH HONG KONG WILL BE MAKING,

MEANWHILE IN PHILADELPHIA, THE SECRETARY MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, ENDED HIS TOUR OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES WITH AN

THAT ADDRESS TO THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL STRONG ECONOMIC TIES WITH HONG KONG.

OF

SAN FRANCISCO

HAS

MR WIGGHAM'S NEXT STOP IS WHERE HE CONTINUES HIS TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES.

ON

THE WEST

COAST

UNPRECEDENTED SCALE OF EXPANSION IN PORT DEVELOPMENT

* * *

ΤΟ

ON

HALL, SAID

PORT DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ON HONG KONG'S LONG TERM MEET DEMAND INTO THE NEXT CENTURY ARE LIKELY TO INDICATE EXPANSION AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR DERICK TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

CONGRESS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SECOND WORLD CONTAINER

SAID THE AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, MR

ADVISE ON FUTURE PORT GOVERNMENT HAD COMMISSIONED A CONSULTANT TO DEVELOPMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE EXPECTED LATER THIS YEAR.

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