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TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1990

THE

SPEAKING OF THE FUTURE, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "OUR VISION OF FUTURE IS A CLEAR ONE. WE ARE UNIQUELY PLACED TO PLAY SEVERAL

COMMUNICATIONS, MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE;

SERVICES HUB; BASE; FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

REGIONAL

AND CHINA'S WINDOW ON THE WORLD.

LIKE ΤΟ "THERE ARR SEVERAL CITIES IN THE REGION WHICH WOULD

BUT THEY SUFFER FROM COMPETE FOR SOME OF THE BUSINESS WHICH WE DO. NOT BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

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THE EASTERN WE HAVE THE DETERMINATION TO

ΤΟ "WE ARE TO SOUTHERN CHINA WHAT NEW YORK IS

NOTHING CAN CHANGE THAT. SEABOARD OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND WE HAVE THE WE HAVE THE PEOPLE LOCATION KEEP UP THE HONG KONG SUCCESS STORY.

"YOU

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YOUR

BUSINESSMEN

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HAVE BEEN A

KEY PART OF THIS HE ENDEAVOUR IN THE PAST. WE HOPE YOU WILL BE WITH US FOR THE FUTURE," SAID.

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ASIA SOCIETY TO OPEN HK CENTRE

THE ASIA SOCIETY IS TO OPEN A HONG KONG CENTRE LATER THIS YEAR, MR MAURICE IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN NEW YORK BY THE SOCIETY'S CHAIRMAN,

GOVERNOR WAS GUEST OF GREENBERG, AT ITS ANNUAL DINNER AT WHICH THE HONOUR AND SPEAKER.

THE CENTRE WILL BE THE SOCIETY'S FIRST IN ASIA AND

AMERICANS TO EXCHANGE HONG KONG PEOPLE, OTHER ASIANS AND CURRENT ISSUES AND TO SHARE CULTURAL INSIGHTS.

HONG KONG

WILL BRING

VIEWS

ON

DEVELOP ΤΟ

CLOSER IN

IT WILL ALSO REACH OUT BEYOND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE SOCIETY AND INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS ASIAN NATIONS, MR GREENBERG SAID.

LEE, Q.W.

LEVIN WHO

WILL

IS ITS FIRST

SIR BANK, HE SAID CHAIRMAN OF THE HANG SENG

AND MR BURT CHAIR THE CENTRE'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CURRENTLY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO MYANMAR OR BURMA, WILL BECOME DIRECTOR WHEN HE RETIRES FROM THE FOREIGN SERVICE LATER IN THE YEAR.

MR LEVIN WAS U.S. CONSUL GENERAL IN

HONG

KONG

FROM 1981 TO

1986.

AT THE SAME TIME, MAYOR DAVID DINKINS OF DECLARED MAY 21, 1990 AS "HONG KONG DAY".

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THE SOCIETY

CENTRE HAVE CHOSEN A BETTER PLACE TO OPEN ITS FIRST HONG KONG WAS HONOURED TO HAVE A DAY NAMED FOR IT.

NEW YORK

CITY

ALSO

AND

COULD HARDLY THAT ADDED

/EARLIER IN