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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1990

COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS HELP PROMOTE PROSPERITY

COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS CAN HELP PROMOTE HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY BY MAKING CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND TAKING CONCRETE ACTIONS.

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, SAID THIS TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) WHEN ADDRESSING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG METAL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.

MR LAN ALSO REFERRED TO THE VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN AND CALLED ON OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE ASSOCIATION, AS COMMUNITY LEADERS, TO ENCOURAGE THEIR MEMBERS, STAFF, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS TO SIGN UP.

"BY SO DOING, YOU ARE SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OTHER DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS AND RESIDENTS," HE SAID.

MR LAN ADDED THAT WITH THE ASSISTANCE FROM COMMUNITY: ORGANISATIONS, MORE PEOPLE WOULD SUPPORT THIS MEANINGFUL CAMPAIGN.

HE NOTED THAT NOWADAYS BUSINESSMEN, SUCH AS THE OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE METAL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING THEIR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS.

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ON THE METAL INDUSTRY, MR LAN SAID IT PLAYED AN IMPORTANT IN THE TERRITORY'S MANUFACTURING AND BUILDING INDUSTRIES IN TRADE.

THUS

ITS HE NOTED THAT SINCE

ESTABLISHMENT, THE METAL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION HAD ENCOURAGED ITS MEMBERS TO BRING IN NEW PRODUCTS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE TERRITORY'S ECONOMY.

"ON THE FOSTERING OF INDUSTRIAL LINKS, THE ASSOCIATION HAD AND ARRANGED FOR A NUMBER OF OVERSEAS DELEGATIONS TO VISIT HONG KONG, HAD REGULARLY ORGANISED SEMINARS.

ABROAD "IT HAD ALSO INVITED METAL TRADERS FROM IN EXHIBITIONS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY LAN SAID.

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