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SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1990

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HONG KONG WELCOMES FORMER RESIDENTS

HONG KONG "OPENS ITS ARMS" TO FORMER RESIDENTS RETURNING TO CONTRIBUTE TO ITS GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, RECENTLY TOLD A GROUP OF VISITORS FROM CANADA.

"AS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY, HONG KONG ALWAYS WELCOMES INVESTMENTS FROM OVERSEAS COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CANADA," HE SAID.

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COME FROM THE LEADING A TEAM FROM IN THE FORTHCOMING

THE VISITORS FORMER RESIDENTS OF HONG KONG TORONTO CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND ARE TORONTO то TAKE PART FOR THE FIRST TIME INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACES.

CANADA THIS MESSAGE:

MR LAN URGED THEM TO BRING BACK TO "THE WORLD IS GETTING SMALLER AND WE LOOK то OUR FRIENDS FROM OVERSEAS, SUCH AS CANADA, TO CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS AND ΤΟ FURTHER EXTEND THE FRIENDSHIP WITH US, TO OUR MUTUAL GAIN".

"HONG KONG IS AS DYNAMIC AS EVER, AND HAS BECOME A REGIONAL HUB IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION FOR COMMERCE, FINANCE, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS.

"THAT IS WHY THE COMMERCIAL LINKS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANADA ARE STRONG AND GROWING," HE NOTED.

IN RECENT YEARS, THE LINKS HAD BEEN FURTHER STRENGTHENED GROWING CANADIAN COMMERCIAL PRESENCE IN HONG KONG, MR LAN SAID.

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CITING EXAMPLES, HE NOTED THAT THE CANADIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HONG KONG IS THE BIGGEST ONE OUTSIDE CANADA, AND SOME 70 CANADIAN COMPANIES HAVE BRANCHES OR SUBSIDIARIES, AND ANOTHER 400 ARE REPRESENTED, IN HONG KONG.

"FURTHERMORE, SIX

CANADIAN PROVINCES

ONTARIO, ALBERTA,

HAVE SET UP

BRITISH COLUMBIA, MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN AND QUEBEC COMMERCIAL OFFICES IN HONG KONG.

"AS A RESULT, TRADE AND SOCIAL LINKS CANADA ARE ALWAYS GROWING, HE ADDED.

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BETWEEN HONG KONG AND

TURNING TO FORMER HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO HAD EMIGRATED TO CANADA, MR LAN SAID THEY WERE BECOMING THE MOST EFFECTIVE LINK FOR PROMOTING FRIENDSHIP, UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES.

"HONG KONG ALSO WELCOMES OVERSEAS PARTICIPATION IN ITS PLANS TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY FROM THOSE FORMER LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO HAVE EMIGRATED ABROAD.

A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG HAS BEEN FIRMLY LAID DOWN, AND THE TASK IS TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS.

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'WE WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE RETURNING TO TAKE PART IN OUR WHICH ENSURE THAT HONG KONG REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN EAST ASIA, MR LAN SAID.

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