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PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOUTHERN PROVINCES IMPORTANT TO HK

WITH THE SOUTHERN

DAVID

THE PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOPING

PROVINCES IN CHINA ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO HONG KONG, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR FORD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT

DAVID FOR A FIVE-DAY VISIT TO GUANGDONG AND GUANGXI PROVINCES, SIR

STRONG WITH GUANGDONG PROVINCE SAID: "ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP IS VERY

DISCUSS, AND CLEARLY THERE ARE LOTS OF SUBJECTS WHICH WE WILL WISH TO THE DEVELOPING ECONOMIES, TRANSPORT LINKS AND SO ON."

BE SERING THE IN GUANGXI, SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO RAISING THE PROBLEM OF BOAT PEOPLE.

POTENTIAL

OF THE "THERE IS A MUTUAL INTEREST THERE IN THAT MANY

GUANGXI. AND COMING THROUGH COMING TO HONG KONG NOW ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE THE EXTENT OF THAT PROBLEM THERE, HOW THEY ARE WITH IT AND HOW WE CAN CO-OPERATE TO TRY AND IMPROVE HE SAID.

THE

PROPLE ARE

WE DEALING SITUATION,'

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THEFT PROBLEM, THE CHIEF ASKED IF HE WOULD TOUCH ON THE CAR

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS SECRETARY SAID THAT IN GUANGDONG

HE WOULD EXPECT WHICH WE HAD A MUTUAL INTEREST ALONG THE BORDER AND THAT TO BE RAISED AS WELL.

ASKED TO COMMENT ON REMARKS

ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL "I THINK WE BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, SIR DAVID SAID:

THE CHANNELS HAVR ALWAYS BEEN THE COMMUNICATION. ARE DEVELOPING QUITE STRONG AND WE ARE TAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN HE ADDED.

THEM,"

THE SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL ADVISER,

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, WHO IS ACCOMPANIED BY ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, AND THE DEPUTY MR STEPHEN BRADLEY, WILL RETURN ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 14).

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SEPT PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE

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WHILE

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT,

MONTHS OF THAT OF RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 11 PER CENT IN THE FIRST NINE

1989, ACCORDING TO THE 1990 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN

CENSUS AND STATISTICS TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE STATISTICS RELEASED DEPARTMENT.

TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF

IMPORTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS.

IN VOLUME TERMS.

5 PBR CENT

THE GROWTH