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GOVERNOR ATTENDS PRC NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1990

DAVID

DAY RECEPTION AT

FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR WILSON, AT THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA NATIONAL THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING:

"DIRECTOR GENERAL ZHOU NAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THIS

TO EVENING OF THE FOUNDING OF

CELEBRATE

THE

THE PEOPLE'S

"I AM PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU OCCASION OF THE 41ST ANNIVERSARY REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG A SERING THIS CONTINUE.

CHINA WITH

IS OF GREAT

"THIS YEAR HAS SEEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN

FORWARD ΤΟ KONG AND THE MAINLAND. I LOOK FRUITFUL

RELATIONSHIP AND CONSTRUCTIVE IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG. INDEED I BELIEVE IT BENEFITS BOTH SIDES.

BETWEEN

"APART FROM THE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONAL CONTACTS

CONTACTS ALSO AT A GOVERNMENT HERE AND THE MAINLAND, WE HAVE MANY

KONG GOVERNMENT LEVEL. FOR INSTANCE, SO FAR THIS YEAR, SOME 60 HONG

INDEED DELEGATIONS HAVE VISITED CHINA. SUCH CONTACTS ARE VALUABLE THEY ARE ESSENTIAL. I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE A FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH EXCHANGES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, INCLUDING VISITS AT A SENIOR LEVEL.

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OF

WAY

AND TRADE RELATIONSHIP REMAINS "OUR BILATERAL ECONOMIC

TWO HAS CONTINUED TO THRIVE. GREAT IMPORTANCE TO US BOTH. IT TRADE IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO HK$175 BILLION. THIS IS AN INCREASE OF ALMOST EIGHT PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST AND SOUTHERN CHINA YEAR. THE ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE OF HONG KONG CONTINUES TO GROW. SUCH ECONOMIC LINKS DESERVE TO BE ENCOURAGED. BENEFIT BOTH SIDES. AND THEY HELP TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE

FINANCIAL CENTRE, AND HUB KONG SAR TO BE A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THE AREA, AS ENVISAGED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION.

"AS SECRETARY GENERAL, JIANG ZEMIN, HAS JUST POINTED OUT, KONG AFTER 1997 WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A UNIQUE AND IRREPLACEABLE TO PLAY IN THE CHINESE POLICY OF OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

"NOW I SHOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A TOAST PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA."

THEY

HONG

OF

HONG

ROLE

ΤΟ THE HEALTH OF THE

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