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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1990

GOVERNOR MEETS ITALIAN TRADE OFFICIALS

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (MONDAY) HELD TALKS

OF MINISTRY

FOREIGN TRADE AT SENIOR OFFICIALS AT THE ITALIAN START OF HIS VISIT TO ROME.

WITH

THE

IN HONG KONG SIR DAVID WELCOMED THE GROWING ITALIAN INTEREST

EXPERTISE. HE NOTED AND THE INJECTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY AND

THAT, KONG'S SECOND LARGEST AMONG EUROPEAN NATIONS, ITALY WAS NOW HONG

THE MONTEDISON COMPANY HAD MADE TRADING PARTNER AND

THE LARGEST SINGLE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN ITS YUEN LONG PLANT.

THE GOVERNOR,

THE

SENIOR

WAS WHO

ACCOMPANIED BY HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATIVE TO

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, STEUART WEBB-JOHNSON, COMMUNITIES AND HONG KONG'S ALSO DISCUSSED TRADE WITH THE EUROPEAN ROLE AS A GATEWAY TO CHINA.

THE ADVISER TO

AMONG THE FOREIGN TRADE OFFICIALS HE MET WERE THE MINISTER STEFANO GANAVESIO AND DIRECTOR GENERAL GIOVANNI SARDI.

WITH

SIR DAVID HAD LUNCH POLITICAL AFFAIRS AT THE FOREIGN MINISTER GIULIO ANDREOTTI.

IN THE EVENING, THE

DIRECTOR

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PERLOT, AMBASSADOR MINISTRY BEFORE CALLING

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GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WERE ATTEND A DINNER HOSTED BY THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR, SIR STEPHEN EGERTON.

FREEDOM, OPENNESS AND CONSISTENCY: ESSENCE OF HONG KONG'S SUCCES8

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THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT OF FREEDOM WHICH PERVADES EVERY ASPECT. LIFE HERE, PERSONAL FREEDOM, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND THE FREEDOM DO BUSINESS IN AN ENVIRONMENT UNENCUMBERED BY BUREAUCRACY ARE FACTORS WHICH HAVE MADE HONG KONG SUCCESSFUL, THE DEPUTY ΤΟ GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

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"THIS IS VITAL BECAUSE HONG KONG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY THRIVE SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT, SIR DAVID SAID WHEN ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG CONFERENCE OF THE COMMONWEALTH PRESS UNION.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE NATURAL EBULLIENCE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE HAD BEEN AND WOULD CONTINUE TO BE AT HEART OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

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NOTING THAT THE OBVIOUS QUESTION WAS WHETHER THESE FREEDOMS WOULD CONTINUE AFTER 1997, SIR DAVID SAID: "THE FACT IS THAT HONG KONG HAS SURVIVED AND FLOURISHED AND MAINTAINED ITS FREEDOMS DURING PERIODS OVER THE PAST DECADES, WHEN CHINA WAS PURSUING POLICIES VERY DIFFERENT TO THOSE PRACTISED HERE.

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