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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1989

"THE MAIN REASON FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE'S RESILIENCE IS ECONOMIC: WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE COMMUNICATIONS, THE FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL EXPERTISE AND THE CONNECTIONS.

"WE HAVE AN INCREASINGLY WELL-EDUCATED AND ADAPTABLE WORKFORCE FAMILIAR WITH THE DEMANDS OF HIGH-TECH PROCESSES.

"WE HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE GREAT MANUFACTURING AND TRADING REGION'S CENTRES OF THE REGION, AND HAVE PLAYED AN ACTIVE PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PACIFIC RIM," HE SAID.

DECADE

MR TSAO NOTED THAT HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PAST HAD BEEN CLOSELY RELATED TO THOSE IN CHINA, IN PARTICULAR GUANGDONG PROVINCE.

IS "AROUND 70 PER CENT OF CROSS-BORDER INVESTMENT IN QUANGDONG

RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG CAPITAL. HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS ARE THE EMPLOYMENT OF AROUND TWO MILLION WORKERS IN THE PEARL RIVER ALONE.

DELTA

GUANGDONG

AND

HONG

KONG

TO

MUTUAL BENEFIT TO "IT IS OF MAINTAIN CLOSE RELATIONSHIP, HE SAID.

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HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT JUDGING FROM HISTORY, CHINA WOULD ALWAYS TAKE STRONG AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO BOLSTER HONG KONG.

TO PRECISELY HE SAID THERE WERE VARIOUS THEORIES AS

HOW AND WHY BUT WHATEVER THEORY ONE CHOSE, THE RESULT WAS ALWAYS THE SAME.

"CHINA TREASURES A USEFUL HONG KONG. CONTINUING TO CHINA IS THE BEST GUARANTEE OF OUR SURVIVAL.

"

TO BE USEFUL

WHICH WHICH IT IS

'I AM CONFIDENT THAT AS TIME GOES BY THE FACTORS HAVE MADE HONG KONG THE EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL CITY TODAY WILL PREVAIL, HE SAID.

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AT PRESENT ON A DUTY VISIT OVERSEAS, MR TSAO HAS VISITED AND VANCOUVER. HE WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON SATURDAY.

TOKYO

GOVT TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

*

IN

THE GOVERNMENT, IN RECENT MONTHS, HAS BECOME MUCH PROMOTING

AWARENESS AMONGST ENVIRONMENTAL

DR PROTECTION, DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL (THURSDAY).

THE

MORE ACTIVE THE COMMUNITY, STUART REED, SAID TODAY

KONG

THIS

SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG TV SCREENS HARBOUR, DR REED SAID RESIDENTS SHOULD BE SEEING ON EVENING THE FIRST OF A NUMBER OF ITEMS AIMED AT GETTING THE COMMUNITY

THEY WERE DOING THEMSELVES TO FOCUS ON THE HARM

BY UNNECESSARILY

POLLUTING THE ENVIRONMENT.

/"TONIGHT'S TV

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