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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1989

HONG KONG HAS A LOT OF FRIENDS: FS

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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS THIS

JACOBS, ATTENDING

AFTER MORNING KONG

(WEDNESDAY} MONETARY FUND CONFERENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.

RETURNED ΤΟ HONG THE INTERNATIONAL

SPEAKING TO MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA ON ARRIVAL AT KAI TAK AIRPORT,

THE CONFERENCE TO SIR PIERS SAID HE HAD TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY AFTER

BANKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE MEET

CENTRAL AND COMMERCIAL SENIOR FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK AND PARIS.

"I THINK WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF FRIENDS THERE. WHICH I

HE SAID. VERY GOOD NEWS FOR HONG KONG,

THINK

IS

**

AND TALKS

WHAT

SIR PIERS WAS ASKED ABOUT DURING HIS CONFIDENCE HERE, ABOUT HOW THE BRAIN DRAIN WAS BEING MANAGED AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WAS DOING ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS.

VISITS,

"THERE IS

NOW

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BETTER CONSIDERABLY

UNDERSTANDING

OF

THE

POSITION IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

THAT AFTER

SPEAKING

то THESE PEOPLE, PREPARED TO BE IN

THE HONG

OUT HE POINTED IMPRESSION HE GOT WAS THAT THEY WERE QUITE KONG FOR THE LONG TERM.

SIR ALTERING

PIERS

THE

IN REPLY TO A MEDIA QUESTION ABOUT THE DOLLAR LINK. SAID: "THERE IS NO QUESTION OF OUR BREAKING THE LINK OR RATE WHATSOEVER.

זיו

THAT IN

THE

PLACES

HE

HAD THERE

BREN VISITED,

AND THE REASONS WHY

HE ADDED COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF HONG KONG'S POSITION THE LINK WOULD NOT BE CHANGED.

ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR FINAL STAGE OPENS TOMORROW

*

THE FINAL SECTION OF THE

(THURSDAY). FOUR

HONG KONG ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM MONTHS AHEAD OF THE ORIGINAL TARGET

FROM SHAU KEI WAN TO CHAI WAN WILL BE OPENED TO TOMORROW COMPLETION DATE.

COMMITTEE. MISS MARIA

THE

BOARD

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY TAM: THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT. MR MICHAEL LEUNG: HIGHWAYS. MR HAROLD BEATON: AND EASTERN DISTRICT SHUM CHOI-SANG TODAY (WEDNESDAY) OFFICIATED AT A SPECIAL MARK ITS OPENING.

DIRECTOR OF CHAIRMAN. MR CEREMONY TO

THE THIRD AND FINAL SECTION OF THE CORRIDOR IS A DUAL HIGHWAY ABOUT 2.5 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH.

TWO-LANE

/SPEAKING AT

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