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TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1989

BRITISH INTERESTS IN HR GO BEYOND 1997

KINGDOM

HAVE

GOVERNMENT BOTH BRITISH BUSINESS AND THE UNITED

AND THEIR INTERESTS LONG TERM CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG

Or STATE FOR FOREIGN IN THE TERRITORY GO BEYOND 1997. THE MINISTER AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS. MR FRANCIS MAUDE. SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

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"AND THAT VERY MUCH PART OF MY VISIT TO HONG KONG THIS WEEK

IN 1997. IT TO STRESS THAT OUR INTEREST IN HONG KONG DOESN'T FINISH CONTINUES AFTER THAT. HE SAID.

MR

AFTER

VISITING

NAUDE WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS BRITISH-OWNED FACTORY. COATES BROTHERS HONG KONG) LTD. IN THE TAI INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

A

PO

BRITISH INVESTMENT IN HONG HE NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NEW KONG SINCE HIS VISIT TO THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LAST YEAR WHEN HE WAS A MINISTER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

ALWAYS IN

AS

BRITISH BUSINESS IN THIS SHOWED THE EXTENT OF INVOLVEMENT BY

WAYS AS VISIBLE THE HONG KONG ECONOMY ALTHOUGH DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, HE ADDED.

NOT

MR PETER ACCOMPANIED BY THE SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER,

KONG I (HONG

LTD WHICH BROTHERS MAUDE TOURED COATES

INKS, METAL COATINGS AND

MR

HEAP, SPECIALISED IN THE PRODUCTION OF PRINTING PRINTING PRODUCTS.

EARLIER

IN THE

MAUDE VISITED ANOTHER MR AFTERNOON. THOMAS DE LA RUE (HONG

LIMITED, KONG) BRITISH-OWNED FACTORY, BANKNOTE PRINTING PLANT IN THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

A

THE PLANT IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST SECURITY PRINTER WHICH BANKNOTES FOR OVER 70 COUNTRIES.

DEMYSTIFY AND MAKE LAW MORE ACCESSIBLE: AG

PRINTS

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. MR JEREMY MATHEWS. SAID THE LAW DEMYSTIFIED AND MADE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

MUST BE

SPEAKING AT THE 11TH LAWASIA CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY) ON

LAW, THE

MR MATHEWS

"WE ACCESSIBILITY OF DEMYSTIFY THE LAW, TO RENDER IT INTO PLAIN LANGUAGE,

WORKINGS AT ALL TURNS

AND TO

SAID:

AND HUMANISE

AUSTERE AND AT TIMES FRIGHTENING FACE.'

SOFTEN

THE

ΤΟ MUST STRIVE ΤΟ EXPLAIN ITS ITS FREQUENTLY

/THE LAW .**