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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990

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GOVERNMENT HAS CLEAR STRATEGY TO PROMOTE HK OVERSEAS

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IMPLEMENTED BY THE CHIEF

THE GOVERNMENT DOES HAVE A CLEAR STRATEGY COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME ΤΟ PROMOTE HONG KONG OVERSEAS, SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

SPEAKING AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE RESUMED DEBATE ON GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS, SIR DAVID SAID THE COMPREHENSIVE COVERED SPONSORED VISITS BY INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE FROM ABROAD, JOINT HONG PROGRAMME KONG INC.' PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES, OVERSEAS VISITS BY SENIOR AND SPONSORED SPEAKING TOURS IN WHICH MEMBERS OF OMELCO, OTHERS, HAD PLAYED AN ACTIVE PART.

OFFICIALS AMONGST

THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID IT MIGHT BE TIMELY TO MENTION WELL-KNOWN AND WIDELY ACCEPTED CONVENTION THAT MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE TRAVELLING ABROAD DID NOT RUN DOWN HONG KONG.

"I KNOW MANY MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WILL SHARE MY REGRET THIS CONVENTION IS OFTEN FLOUTED BY A FEW OF THEIR COLLEAGUES.

THE

THE

THAT

"HARSH CRITICISM AND NEGATIVE COMMENTS CAN ALWAYS BE ASSURED OF BIG NEWSPAPER HEADLINES INTERNATIONALLY BUT IT RUNS TOTALLY AGAINST THE CONTINUING NEED, MENTIONED BY MANY MEMBERS, TO PROMOTE A IMAGE OF HONG KONG OVERSEAS,

POSITIVE SIR DAVID SAID.

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HK LOOKS FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL LEGCO ELECTION

OF THE AND EXPECTS POLITICAL DAVID

THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY LOOKS FORWARD TO THE SUCCESS TERRITORY'S FIRST DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE, THAT THESE WILL SERVE AS A FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPING OUR SYSTEM IN THE YEARS AHEAD, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR FORD, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BE

CONCLUDING THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS, SIR DAVID SAID IN MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF THE ELECTIONS, IT WOULD EASY TO FALL INTO THE TRAP OF RESTRICTING OURSELVES TO REFERENCES TO THE VOTER REGISTRATION RATE AND VOTER TURN-OUT.

SUCH STERILE

"I HESITATE TO USE THE WORD PRIZE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST PRIZE, IS FOR THIS COUNCIL TO CONTINUE ΤΟ FUNCTION SMOOTHLY EFFICIENTLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE,

AND HE SAID.

"I

NOTING THAT SOME DOUBTS HAD BEEN EXPRESSED AS TO ELECTORAL PROCESS WOULD BE CONDUCTED IN A TRULY DEMOCRATIC MANNER, SIR WHETHER THE

DAVID SAID HONG KONG'S SYSTEM OF ELECTORAL LAWS AND PRACTICES WAS LINE WITH THOSE ADOPTED IN DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES AND THEY WOULD FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.

IN

ENSURE

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