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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1990

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CS URGES ENTREPRENEURS TO SHOW CONFIDENCE

(FRIDAY) THAT TO THE WELL-BEING BUSINESS AND BY

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD SAID TODAY ENTREPRENEURS CAN MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION

HAVING CONFIDENCE IN THEIR OF THE COMMUNITY BY DEMONSTRATING THEIR COMMITMENT THROUGH INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG.

SPEAKING

THE

PRESENTATION

CEREMONY

THE YOUNG то HELP

OF AT INDUSTRIALIST AWARDS 1990, SIR DAVID SAID THEY COULD DO MORE BY EXPRESSING THEIR CONFIDENCE PUBLICLY.

THE DARK SIDE, AS A RESULT TO WORRY

"WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE A TENDENCY TO LOOK ON

THAN POSITIVE, RATHER

AND TO BE NEGATIVE OURSELVES INTO A GLOOMY FRAME OF MIND, HE SAID.

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"SO VOICES WHICH LIFT THE SPIRIT AND MOOD NEEDED NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE," HE ADDED.

OF OUR PEOPLE ARE

ADJUDICATION OF THIS THE PANEL THE TALENTS OF ALL THE

THE CHIEF SECRETARY WHO PRESIDED AT THE YEAR'S YOUNG INDUSTRIALIST AWARDS, SAID HE AND MEMBERS

OF BREADTH WERE MUCH IMPRESSED WITH CANDIDATES.

THE

OF THEM EPITOMISE

"INDEED, THE PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF EACH THE QUALITIES OF EXCELLENCE AND ENTERPRISE WHICH HAVE MADE INTO AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF COMMENCE AND INDUSTRY.

HONG KONG

EXPORTER OF

"HONG KONG WOULD NOT HAVE BECOME A LEADING GLOBAL

WITHOUT THE INNOVATION AND WATCHES, TOYS, ELECTRONICS AND FASHION, DRIVE OF OUR ENTREPRENUERS WHO CONTINUALLY UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTS," SIR DAVID SAID.

TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE HONG OF OUR INDUSTRIES

"THOUGH MUCH OF OUR PRODUCTION NOW KONG THROUGH OUTWARD-PROCESSING, THE NERVE CENTRE REMAIN HERE.

EXPORT OVERSEAS

IS MET,

"IT IS HERE THAT THE MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR ARE MAPPED OUT AND THE SERVICING OF CUSTOMERS' REQUIREMENTS HE SAID.

ΤΟ SUCCEED IN THE SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT TO SURVIVE AND EVER CHANGING WORLD CALLED FOR BUSINESS ACUMEN AND FLEXIBILITY.

YEAR AND THE HOW DIFFERENT FOR HONG KONG,

THE SWEEPING CHANGES ACROSS EASTERN EUROPE LAST CURRENT CRISIS

GULF DEMONSTRATED CLEARLY IN THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS CREATED NEW CHALLENGES HE NOTED.

"THERE IS A CHINESE SAYING THAT 'IF FALL BEHIND'.

WE DO NOT PROGRESS, WE

BE "HONG KONG PEOPLE ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS AND OUR ABILITY TO ONE STEP AHEAD IS FUNDAMENTAL TO HONG KONG'S SUCCESS," SIR DAVID SAID.

THE TALENTS WHICH CONTINUE TO HELP

US

"I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE PERSEVERANCE AND HAVE SERVED HONG KONG SO WELL IN THE PAST WILL FACE THE CHALLENGES AHEAD, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.

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