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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1989

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS CONTINUED: "IT IS CERTAINLY A TRIBUTE TO THE VISION, INDUSTRY AND EFFICIENCY OF HONG KONG THAT THIS SPLENDID · FACILITY IS NOW COMPLETE AND OPERATIONAL, JUST THREE YEARS AFTER HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WOULD HARDLY BE SO TACTLESS AS TO IMPART ΤΟ YOU MY VIEWS ON THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THIS REMARKABLE BUILDING

AS ONE OR TWO PEOPLE SEEM TO BE ENCOURAGING ME TO DO! INSTEAD, I WOULD MERELY DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ΤΟ A RECENT CONTROVERSIAL PUBLICATION BY AN UNKNOWN AUTHOR CALLED WALES. YOU WILL FIND IT CAN BE OBTAINED AT A MOST REASONABLE PRICE FROM ANY BOOKSHOP!

REPUTABLE

"THIS CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, THE LARGEST IN ASIA, IS VERY MUCH A SYMBOL OF HONG KONG, AND OF ITS CONFIDENCE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE. HONG KONG IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT INDUSTRIAL CENTRES OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND FINANCE. IT 19 VITAL TO ITS FUTURE PROSPERITY THAT IT RETAINS AND DEVELOPS THAT ROLE. THIS

NEW CENTRE, WITH ITS TRADE FAIRS, EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES AND

THAT HONG KONG

BUSINESS CONVENTIONS CAN ONLY ADD TO THE ATTRACTIONS OFFERS TO THE WORLD AS A CENTRE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS. IT MUST BE SIGNIFICANT THAT THE CENTRE WHICH WE ARE OPENING TODAY HAS ALREADY TAKEN BOOKINGS UP TO SEVEN YEARS AHEAD.

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THE PRINCE OF WALES ADDED: "IT STRIKES ME THAT THIS NEW CENTRE IS VERY MUCH A SYMBOL OF HONG KONG'S UNIQUE ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS HOPES FOR THE FUTURE. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT BEEN BACK HERE SINCE MY LAST VISIT TEN YEARS AGO, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT BE IMPRESSED BY THE VIGOUR AND RESOURCEFULNESS OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY. IT 13 THESE QUALITIES THAT ARE THE REAL GUARANTEES FOR HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

"I OFFER MY

CONGRATULATIONS T ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CONCEPTION AND COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT AND AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE MOST COMPLEX PART OF THE WHOLE OPERATION, FOR WHICH YOU REQUIRE YEARS OF CONCENTRATED TRAINING AND A DIPLOMA FROM ONE OF THE LESSER-KNOWN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

то NAMELY

OPEN THIS CENTRE."

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LATER HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS OPENED THE BRITAIN IN HONG KONG"

EXHIBITION.

HE SAID: "BRITAIN AND HONG KONG HAVE HAD A LONG HISTORY TOGETHER AND, AT THE CORE OF THAT ASSOCIATION, HAS BEEN A THRIVING AND VIGOROUS COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP. AMONG THE EXHIBITORS TODAY ARE COMPANIES WHO HAVE PLAYED A LEADING PART IN FORGING THAT LINK OVER A VERY LONG PERIOD.

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AM DELIGHTED TO BE PRESENT AT THIS DEMONSTRATION BRITAIN'S PART IN THE TERRITORY'S REMARKABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TO DECLARE THIS EXHIBITION, 'BRITAIN IN HONG KONG', OPEN."

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