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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31,

1991

SIR DAVID SAID THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM WAS AN IMPORTANT STAGE WHERE HONG KONG COULD GAIN INVALUABLE EXPOSURE.

WORLD

"OUR

AND FREE ENTERPRISE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

AND

CONSISTENT POLICIES OF FREE TRADE LARGELY MIRROR THE GOALS OF THE WEF TO ENHANCE STIMULATE ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION,

HE SAID.

AS A LEAD UP TO THIS YEAR'S MEETING, HONG KONG WAS FEATURED IN THE PRESTIGIOUS "WORLD LINK" MAGAZINE, WHICH IS PUBLISHED BY THE WORLD AND SENIOR LEADERS BUSINESS DISTRIBUTED AND ECONOMIC FORUM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN 170 COUNTRIES.

TO

SOME 1,200 DELEGATES FROM MORE THAN 60 COUNTRIES ARE TO TAKE PART IN THIS YEAR'S MEETING.

EXPECTED

HK'S LINKS WITH CANADA WELL ESTABLISHED

LONG HONG KONG JOHNSON, SAID

LINKS BETWEEN CANADA AND HONG KONG ARE MANY AND AND INCREASING ALL THE TIME, THE DIRECTOR OF THE AND TRADE OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, MR PETER (WEDNESDAY).

CHAPTER

STANDING ECONOMIC YESTERDAY

THESE

LINKS

OF THE HONG KONG-CANADA THE EDMONTON ADDRESSING BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IN ALBERTA, CANADA, MR JOHNSON SAID BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES DATED BACK OVER 100 YEARS.

BE

то HONG

"TODAY THE CANADIAN POPULATION IN HONG KONG IS ESTIMATED TO OVER 30,000, AND THERE ARE OVER 150,000 VISITORS FROM CANADA KONG EACH YEAR.

IMMIGRANT VISAS YEARS AND

"IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, OVER 66,000 CANADIAN HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO HONG KONG PEOPLE DURING THE PAST THREE ONE IN SEVEN NEW CANADIANS COMES FROM HONG KONG," MR JOHNSON SAID.

MR

FOR SAID

OPPORTUNITY OF BUSINESS AREAS SPECIFIC THE REGARDING

KONG,

JOHNSON CANADIAN COMPANIES WISHING TO EXPORT TO HONG PAST PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE THE BEST GUIDE.

THE AREAS AS

IN

SUCH CANADA,

TO BE OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUE WILL "THERE FEATURING IN PRESENT TRADE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PLASTIC MATERIALS AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

OF

FOR MOST CHOICE OR SET UP A REGIONAL

+

LOCATION ALSO "HONG KONG COMPANIES WISHING TO DO BUSINESS WITH CHINA, OPERATION.

REMAINS THE

LIKELY ARE "ONE AREA WHERE THERE HOWEVER, OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS IS OUR NEW AIRPORT.

TO BE NEW OPPORTUNITIES,

/"ONE CANADIAN