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HONG KONG MISSION TO JAPAN A SUCCESS

SAPPORO

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (FRIDAY) SAID IN THAT THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE MISSION TO JAPAN HAS ACHIEVED ITS PURPOSE OF RAISING THE PROFILE OF HONG KONG.

SAID

TO REPORTERS AT THE END OF THE VISIT, SIR DAVID SPEAKING HE THOUGHT THE DISCUSSIONS BOTH IN TOKYO AND IN SAPPORO HAD GONE WELL.

"BUT WE MUST CONTINUE THE WORK OF TALKING TO THE JAPANESE ABOUT WAYS OF IMPROVING OUR TRADE IN JAPAN.

**WE GENUINELY WANT TO ENCOURAGE TWO-WAY TRADE. THERE IS NO LESS THAN DOUBT, HOWEVER, THAT OUR TRADE WITH JAPAN IS CONSIDERABLY

CAN JAPAN'S TRADE WITH HONG KONG AND WE WANT TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH WE IMPROVE OUR OWN PERFORMANCE."

SIR DAVID SAID RAISING THE PROFILE OF HONG KONG IN JAPAN WAS

то OF A WIDER PLAN TO ENCOURAGE JAPAN TO CONTINUE

PLAY A ALL PART SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMY.

"WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO BUILD UP HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL TRADING, BUSINESS AND FINANCE CONNECTIONS AS MUCH AS WE CAN BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS OF MAKING SURE THE TERRITORY. CONTINUES TO PROSPER.

"IF HONG KONG CONTINUES TO PROSPER THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS OF CREATING THE RIGHT FOUNDATION FOR THE TERRITORY'S FUTURE UP TO 1997 AND BEYOND.

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THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT HONG KONG CONTINUED то

BE AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE WAS WRITTEN INTO THE JOINT DECLARATION.

DURING

WITH THE FOUR DAYS, THE GOVERNOR HAD DISCUSSIONS PRIME MINISTER, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, THE MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT LEADERS IN TOKYO.

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GOVERNOR IN SAPPORO TO PROMOTE HONG KONG

JAPAN'S NORTHERNMOST ISLAND OF HOKKAIDO HAS BEEN THE SCENE OF INTENSE HONG KONG ACTIVITY TODAY (FRIDAY) FOLLOWING THE ARRIVAL OF THE SIR DAIVD HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE MISSION LED BY THE GOVERNOR, WILSON.

OF MEETINGS WITH AND INVESTMENT

IT IS THE FIRST VISIT BY SIR DAVID TO SAPPORO, THE CAPITAL HOKKAIDO, AND HE HAS CONTINUED HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE OF GOVERNMENT AND CIVIC LEADERS PROMOTING TWO-WAY TRADE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND JAPAN.

/HOKKAIDO'S LEADING