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HK EXPATS FORM UK CLUB

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SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1990

AN ORGANISATION DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A KONG'S PROFESSIONALS AND EXECUTIVES LIVING LAUNCHED IN LONDON TODAY (SATURDAY).

CALLED THE HONG KONG EXECUTIVES

CONTINUOUS LINK BETWEEN BRITAIN

SOCIAL FORUM

FOR HONG IN THE UK WAS FORMALLY

CLUB, IT AIMS TO FOSTER A

KONG AND HONG

KEEPING MEMBERS INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS AND MAJOR EVENTS IN THE TERRITORY AS WELL

AN

TO OPPORTUNITY

VOICE THEIR

OVER GIVING THEM

CURRENT

AFFAIRS IN THE UK AND HONG KONG.

A

CONCERN

AS

CLOSE CONNECTION WITH MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WHO HAVE

HONG HONG KONG KONG ATTENDED THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY. THEY INCLUDED THE COMMISSIONER IN THE UK, MR JOHN YAXLEY, AND MRS YAXLEY, THE LORD MAYOR OF WESTMINSTER, MR DAVID AVERY, LADY YOUDE AND OTHER DIGNITARIES.

SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE CLUB'S CHAIRMAN MR

RONALD WONG,

EXPATRIATE PROFESSIONALS A SOLICITOR, PAID TRIBUTE TO BOTH LOCAL AND

MANAGERIAL AND EXECUTIVES WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND KNOW-HOW IN MAKING HONG KONG WHAT IT IS TODAY.

WITH

THE WORLD WORKING

HAVE

"PROFESSIONALS FROM ALL OVER LOCALLY-TRAINED TALENTS DEVELOPMENT. I DO NOT SEE WHY SUCH FUTURE, HE SAID.

ON

HAND-IN-HAND

BENEFITTED HONG KONG'S PAST HARMONY CANNOT CONTINUE IN THE

TO

WORK

IN THE

HK PROFESSIONALS RECRUITMENTS OF

WONG SUGGESTED TERRITORY, MR

SETTING UP AN INDEPENDENTLY-FUNDED WHO CAREER/OPPORTUNITIES CENTRE IN THE UK SO THAT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN

HAVE EASY ACCESS MIGHT WISH TO PLAN THEIR CAREER IN HONG KONG COULD TO INFORMATION.

THIS MIGHT HELP THEM PLAN A TO OPPORTUNITY AN

AND GIVE THEM WELL-BEING OF THE TERRITORY, HE SAID.

AT THE

MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTE

CAREER IN HONG KONG THEIR SKILLS

THE TO

MR OCCASION,

JOHN

YAXLEY

SAID THE OF

SPEAKING ALSO ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HKEC REPRESENTED A MILESTONE IN THE EVOLUTION THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY IN THE UK.

SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR OWN

AMONG INDIVIDUALS

THEIR NOT BEEN SPECIFICALLY

ALTHOUGH MANY HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE

WERE WELL RESPECTED AS PROFESSIONS AND FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES, UP UNTIL NOW THEY HAD IDENTIFIED AS A GROUP WITHIN THE BRITISH SOCIETY, HE SAID.

"IT IS THEREFORE TIMELY THAT A CLUB FOR SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED.

HONG KONG EXECUTIVES

"THIS IS A TIME WHEN HONG KONG NEEDS GOODWILL AND GOOD FRIENDS. BY HELPING THE AND WE NEED TO GENERATE THAT GOODWILL AND FRIENDSHIP BRITISH COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HONG KONG IS ALL ABOUT.

CONCERN FOR HONG KONG, YOU HAVE TAKEN THE GOAL, HE SAID.

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IS "BY IDENTIFYING YOURSELVES AS A GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS THAT DISTINCTIVELY HONG

COMING KONG,

MUTUAL TOGETHER BECAUSE OF YOUR

FIRST STEPS TOWARDS THAT

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