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TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1990

HONG

SIR DAVID WELCOMED THE VISIT TO SHANGHAI, MR ZHU RONGJI, WHO ATTENDED THE DINNER.

HE SAID THERE HAD LONG BEEN CLOSE HONG KONG AND HE HOPED AND BELIEVED STRENGTHEN THESE ECONOMIC LINKS.

BY KONG

THE MAYOR OF

THAT

TIES

THE

BETWEEN

SHANGHAI

AND

MAYOR'S

VISIT WOULD

"ALL OF

US

HERE

WISH

SHANGHAI

EVERY

SUCCESS IN

ITS

OWN

EXCITING NEW DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

"I AM SURE THERE WILL INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THOSE PLANS," SIR PAVID SAID.

BE

IN MANY

HONG

KONG

WHO

WILL BE

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A COPY OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH WILL BE SENT BY A COPY CAN ALSO BE COLLECTED FROM THE GIS DUTY OFFICER.

FACSIMILE

AND

LIMITED IMPORT OF LABOUR WON'T HARM WORKFORCE: GOVERNOR

A LIMITED AMOUNT OF LABOUR CAN BE

UNDER IMPORTED

HARM TO HONG

CAREFULLY KONG'S

ANY CAUSING CONTROLLED CONDITIONS WITHOUT WORKFORCE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TONIGHT (TUESDAY).

THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS AFTER ATTENDING CELEBRATIONS OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG AS A WHOLE WAS UP AND MAINTAINED.

IN A "AT THE MOMENT WE ARE SHORT OF LABOUR DIFFERENT SPHERES, IF WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE LABOUR

HE SAID. GROWTH OF THE ECONOMY AND EVERYBODY SUFFERS,"

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NUMBER WHOLE WE RESTRAIN

OF

THE

"WE HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT IS VERY HARD-WORKING AND DESERVES

HE ADDED. BENEFIT FROM THE PROSPERITY OF THE COMMUNITY,

ΤΟ

++

"WHEN

WE IMPORT LABOUR WE WILL MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT IN AT A CHEAP LEVEL, THAT THE WAGES WILL BE THE EQUIVALENT HERE AND THAT WON'T DO ANYTHING TO FORCE DOWN LOCAL WAGES, SAID.

BROUGHT

OF

SIR

WAGES DAVID

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