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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1989

SIR DAVID SAID THE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES

ON THE TERRITORY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC MIRACLE IN HONG KONG WOULD NOT HAVE THE POST-WAR FREE TRADE SYSTEM, AND HE NOTED THAT WAS THE PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT OF THAT SYSTEM.

TO

"THE GROWTH IN AMERICAN INTEREST IN HONG KONG DATES FROM THE NORMALISATION OF RELATIONS WITH CHINA. YOUR BUSINESSMEN WERE QUICK SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES THIS PRESENTED.

JUST HOW FAST

"EVEN SO, FEW COULD HAVE FORESEEN A DECADE AGO GUANGDONG WOULD DEVELOP. HONG KONG HAS BEEN THE CATALYST.

ABOUT ACCORDING TO CHINESE ESTIMATES,

OF 70 PER CENT

ALL 1.5 AND INVESTMENT IN THE PROVINCE COMES FROM HONG KONG, AND BETWEEN

OF THE WORKFORCE TWO MILLION

IN EMPLOYED

HONG KONG OWNED

ENTERPRISES,' HE SAID.

ARE

SIR DAVID SAID THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN CHINA HAD WERE THAT IT WAS TAKEN OFF. THANKFULLY, ALL THE SIGNS SINCE JUNE 4 CONTINUING UNABATED.

"IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW THE EVENTS OF THAT TO DISTRACT US FROM SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC REFORMS AND BENEFITS THEY BRING TO THE PEOPLE OF CHINA, HE SAID.

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DATE THE

IN CONCLUSION, THE GOVERNOR STATES HAD THE SAME VALUES.

BOTH BELIEVED IN

FREE

SAID HONG

KONG AND THE UNITED

IN

THE

ENTERPRISE; IN FREE SPEECH; FREEDOM OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT; AND IN HARD WORK GETTING ITS JUST REWARD.

"WE SPEAK WITH THE SAME VOICE ON MANY ISSUES. WHERE THERE HAS

TENDED TO BE THE BEEN FRICTION IN OUR RELATIONSHIP IT HAS

HEALTHY FRICTION O" BUSINESS COMPETITION,' HE SAID.

L

STRATEGY FOR ASSESSING EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES MAPPED OUT

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FOR STRATEGY

THE 1990'S TO THE GOVERNMENT HAS MAPPED OUT A

FOR THE FUTURE, THE HELP ASSESS HONG KONG'S EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES

TODAY SAID K.Y. YEUNG, SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION

(MONDAY).

AND

MANPOWER,

MR

INTO "THIS STRATEGY WILL ALLOW FUTURE MEASURES TO BE FITTED IN

WHILE N HE TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE A LOGICAL AND COHERENT FRAMEWORK,

THE GOVERNOR LAST ELABORATING ON EDUCATIONAL PROPOSALS ANNOUNCED BY

WEEK.

/ALSO PRESENT