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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1990

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GOVT CONSIDERING OVERSEAS OFFICE IN SINGAPORE

THE

AN

OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC

HAD BEEN AND SINGAPORE

THE

GOVERNMENT

REGION,

IN VIEW OF THE GROWING SIGNIFICANCE ASEAN NATIONS, AND TARDE LINKS WITH

IN OFFICE

THAT CONSIDERING SETTING UP CERTAINLY MUST BE CONSIDERED A SUITABLE LOCATION.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A INFORMING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

IN MARTIN LEE

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL QUESTION RAISED BY THE HON

JACOBS SAID IT HAD BEEN GOVERNMENT'S TODAY (WEDNESDAY), SIR PIERS

AND TRADE OFFICES ECONOMIC POLICY TO ESTABLISH PROGRESSIVELY OVERSEAS COUNTRIES WHICH HAD SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC TIES WITH HONG KONG.

IN

"THE PRIMARY

ROLE

CONDUCT INVESTMENT INTO HONG KONG.

OF EXTERNAL

OF COMMERCIAL

THESE

IS TO OFFICES

то AND RELATIONS

THE FACILITATE PROMOTE INWARD

"INEVITABLY THESE OFFICES ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN

PROMOTING HONG

.ONG

KONG'S IMAGE ABROAD, SIR PIERS SAID.

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE OFFICES

LONDON, GENEVA, IN FRANCISCO AND TOKYO TORONTO.

SIR PIERS SAID WE SHALL PURSUE THE KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TORONTO OFFICE.

AND WAS

GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY MAINTAINED

YORK, BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON, NEW PLANNING TO OPEN ANOTHER OFFICE

SAN IN

POSSIBILITY OF OPENING A

AFTER IN SINGAPORE

THE

"THE TIMING WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON CONSULTATIONS WITH COUNTRY AND THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES,

THE HOST

HE ADDED.

GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES ENERGY CONSERVATION

THE LANDS,

HON REASONS TO WAS STUDYING

AND ENVIRONMENT THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, GRAHAM BARNES TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID THERE WERE MANY GOOD ENCOURAGE THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY AND THE GOVERNMENT WHAT FURTHER MEASURES COULD BE ADOPTED.

MR BARNES WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHENG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING.

HON-KWAN

EXAMINATION

AND

CONSERVATION

BUILDINGS

HE SAID: "THESE MEASURES INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE

IN NEW DESIGN THROUGH BE SAVED OF HOW ENERGY CAN THROUGH ALTERATIONS OF OLD ONES, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH SHOULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH EDUCATION AND LEGISLATION RESPECTIVELY.

/"WHILE THE