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SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1990

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GOVERNOR ENDS OFFICIAL VISIT TO CANADA

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, ENDED HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO CANADA, THE FIRST BY A GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, WITH A MEETING ON FRIDAY (MAY 25) WITH 16 EXECUTIVES REPRESENTING CHAPTERS OF THE HONG KONG-CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

THE HONG KONG-CANADA BUSINESS

BILATERAL TRADE ASSOCIATION

ASSOCIATION IS THE LARGEST IN CANADA AND AIMS AT PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING COMMERCIAL LINKS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANADA ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES AND INDUSTRIES.

SIR DAVID ALSO VISITED THE TORONTO OFFICES OF THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS THEIR WORK.

BEFORE LEAVING FOR LONDON, SIR DAVID SAID HE FELT HIS VISIT HAD GONE WELL.

"IT'S ACHIEVED THE SORT OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ACHIEVE WHEN I SET OUT, HE SAID.

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HE SAID WHAT HAD BEEN SO STRIKING ABOUT HIS VISITS TO NEW YORK AND TO CANADA WAS THE GREAT WELL OF SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP FOR HONG KONG THAT HE HAD FOUND IN BOTH PLACES.

"OVERALL, I'M PLEASED, HE SAID.

SIR DAVID RETURNS TO HONG KONG ON MONDAY.

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GREAT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL FOR NORTH DISTRICT

THE NORTH

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DISTRICT HAS A GREAT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NORTH DISTRICT COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES SHOW IN THE FANLING RECREATION GROUND, MR HSU SAID ON LOK TSUEN IN THE FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN HAD NOW BEEN DEVELOPED INTO A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AREA, ACCOMMODATING ABOUT 90 FACTORIES.

"WITH THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF THE 30 INDUSTRIAL

LOK TSUEN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, 11,000 JOBS WILL BE

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LOCAL RESIDENTS, HE NOTED.

SITES IN ON CREATED FOR

KE ADDED THAT MANY INDUSTRIALISTS SET UP THEIR FACTORIES THE NORTH DISTRICT BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO CHINA,

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/ON COMMERCE

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