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SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1990

JEWELLERY INDUSTRY WILL ADVANCE FURTHER: LADY WILSON

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HONG KONG'S JEWELLERY INDUSTRY WILL MAKE FURTHER STRIDES IN THE NINETIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN NEW TRADE DIMENSIONS IN ASIA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD HAVE EMERGED, LADY WILSON SAID TODAY (SATURDAY),

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE 1990 HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY SHOW ORGANISED BY THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, LADY WILSON SAID THAT FOR A DECADE, THE INDUSTRY HAD SEEN UNINTERRUPTED

BILLION $4.5

LAST YEAR AND GROWTH IN WORLD EXPORTS, REACHING OVER HONG KONG WAS NOW ONE OF THE LARGEST JEWELLERY EXPORTERS IN THE WORLD.

SHE POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT MARKET FOR JEWELLERY AND AN INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE, AND A LEADING DISTRIBUTION CENTRE IN ASIA.

"DURING THE PAST YEAR, IMPORTS OF JEWELLERY HAVE ALSO GROWN ENORMOUSLY, " SHE SAID.

NOTING THAT THIS YEAR'S FAIR WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN

POSITIVE PREVIOUS ONES, LADY WILSON SAID THIS

RESPONSE SHOWED THAT THE FAIR WAS RECEIVING WORLDWIDE INTEREST, AND IT WAS ENCOURAGING SEE THE LARGE ATTENDANCE OF FOREIGN EXHIBITORS AND BUYERS.

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"IT IS A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF THE FACT THAT THE HONG KONG

KONG HONG JEWELLERY INDUSTRY IS NOW WIDELY RECOGNISED, AND THAT

HAS NOW BECOME A MAJOR JEWELLERY CENTRE," SHE SAID.

LADY WILSON POINTED OUT THAT THE EXPANSION OF TRADE FAIRS IN BEEN POSSIBLE HONG KONG, SUCH AS THIS JEWELLERY FAIR, COULD NOT HAVE WITHOUT A PROPER EXHIBITION VENUE.

SHE SAID THAT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE HAD HELPED A GREAT DEAL IN ALLOWING HONG KONG то DEVELOP INTO A REGIONAL TRADE FAIR CENTRE.

IN ORDER

"PLANS ARE IN HAND TO DOUBLE THE CENTRE'S FACILITIES, TO CATER TO THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE TRADE FAIR INDUSTRY, SHE ADDED.

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