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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1990

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CS STARTS BUSY WEST COAST PROGRAMME

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(MONDAY) BEGAN

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, YESTERDAY THE WEEK IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH A FULL DAY OF OFFICIAL CALLS.

AT THE HE STARTED THE MORNING WITH AN EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING

THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA'S LEADING DAILY PAPER,

CHRONICLE, AND

THE DAY BRIEFED LATER IN

MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE

LANGUAGE PRESS.

A LUNCHEON

FORUM.

AS A

SIR DAVID MET A NUMBER OF LEADING BUSINESSMEN OVER

AFFAIRS COUNCIL

BUSINESS HOSTED BY THE WORLD

INTERNATIONAL INCLUDED HONG KONG'S POSITION

WIDE-RANGING TOPICS DISCUSSED GATEWAY TO CHINA.

BRAIN DRAIN

FORUM THAT STEPS WERE BEING HE ALSO ASSURED THE

TAKEN то AMELIORATE THE EFFECTS OF THE

HONG AND ENSURE

KONG'S THROUGH CONTINUITY UP TO AND ONGOING SUCCESS AS A REGIONAL CENTRE BEYOND 1997 IN INSTITUTIONAL, LEGAL AND BUSINESS FIELDS.

UNIVERSITIES

'DURING THE AFTERNOON, SIR DAVID

STUDENTS MET HONG KONG BAY AREA ATTENDING SIX

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,

SAN JOSE BERKELEY; STANFORD UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO;

OF ART COLLEGE; AND SAN STATE UNIVERSITY; ACADEMY

FRANCISCO ART ON KONG RELIED

ITS OVERSEAS INSTITUTE AND REITERATED THAT HONG STUDENTS TO RETURN TO THE TERRITORY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUTURE.

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VICE

EXECUTIVES, KONG'S PORT AND

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT OF

MR BECHTEL,

CORDELL HULL, AND OTHER REGARDING BECHTEL'S ROLE AS PROJECT MANAGER IN HONG AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.

THE DAY CONCLUDED WITH A RECEPTION AND DINNER HONOUR WITH BAY AREA CIVIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS.

IN SIR DAVID'S

0

—

INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR SECOND QUARTER

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THE

OF

FOR THE

TODAY

INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER 1990, AT 121.

WAS 2 POINTS OR 1.6 PER CENT LOWER THAN THAT

1989,

RELEASED ACCORDING TO STATISTICS

SECOND QUARTER OF (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

IN

THIS COMPARES WITH THE YEAR-ON-YEAR DECLINE OF 3.7 PER CENT THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990. THE AVERAGE GROWTH RATE FOR 1989 OVER 1988 WAS 0.8 PER CENT.

/COMPARED WITH