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SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1989

"AMERICAN INVESTORS

TAKING A WAIT AND SEE THAT BUSINESSMEN IN ITS OWN RIGHT CHINA MUCH LARGER

ARE NATUALLY ATTITUDE. BUT ONCE THE PICTURE IS CLEARER I BELIEVE WILL AGAIN SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HONG KONG BOTH

MEANS AND AS A

OF

ACCESSING THE MARKET, MR CHAN SAID.

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POTENTIALLY

HONG

OF FREE WHAT MIGHT

CHAN SAID HE BELIEVED ON HONG KONG'S TRADE POLICY, MR -KONG HAD A UNIQUE ROLE TO PLAY IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE GROWTH

AND A STRENGTHENED MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM, NO MATTER HAPPEN IN CHINA.

BY HE NOTED THAT HONG KONG HAD FOLLOWED THE PATH FIRST TRODDEN

AS WELL AS IN MANY OTHER THE UNITED STATES IN COMMERCIAL MATTERS FIELDS.

AND OF "HONG KONG IS AN EXAMPLE IN EAST ASIA OF A WAY OF LIFE

CAN UNDERSTAND AND IN DOING BUSINESS THAT AMERICANS APPRECIATE AND

UNDERSTANDING AND CONSEQUENCE HONG KONG HAS RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL OF SUPPORT FROM THE UNITED STATES OVER THE YEARS.

THE "I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET SUPPORT FROM

IN THE YEARS AHEAD,' UNITED STATES AND FROM OTHER FRIENDLY NATIONS MR CHAN SAID.

IN

THE

THE GUARANTEES PROVIDED HE SAID THIS WAS BECAUSE OF SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT, AND HONG KONG HAD MADE ITSELF A USEFUL AND SOME RESPECTS EXEMPLARY MEMBER OF THE TRADING COMMUNITY RESPECTED VALUED BY MANY INCLUDING CHINA.

IN

AND

KONG HAS A

TO BE THAN

MORE IT HAD

"BUT ABOVE ALL I BELIEVE IT TO BE SO BECAUSE HONG HARD-WORKING, RELATIVELY YOUNG AND INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED

THAT POPULATION

HAS SHOWN

RECENT WEEKS AND MORE COMMITTED TO HONG KONG POLITICALLY AWARE PREVIOUSLY BEEN GIVEN CREDIT FOR.

ITSELF

IN

BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE HONG KONG DEVELOPED

"SOME MAY CHOOSE TO LEAVE HONG KONG MAJORITY WILL WISH TO STAY AND WILL WISH TO SEE ON FOUNDATIONS IT HAS ALREADY LAID FOR ITSELF.

"FREE TRADE AND COMMERCIAL AUTONOMY ARE BUILDING AND WILL REMAIN SO.

CORNERSTONES IN THAT

"WITH THESE FIRMLY IN PLACE HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC PROSPECT

BE AS GOOD AS THEY HAVE EVER BEEN. TRADE, SO TOO WILL ITS FUTURE BE,

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HONG

KONG'S PAST MR CHAN SAID.

WILL

WAS BUILT ON

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