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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1991

RELATIONS

"THIS FACILITATES THE CONDUCT OF EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL AND PROMOTES INWARD INVESTMENT INTO HONG KONG," SIR PIERS SAID.

AT

PRESENT, HE SAID, HONG KONG HAD OFFICES IN LONDON, WASHINGTON,

YORK, BRUSSELS,

NEW

SAN

AND FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT WAS PLANNING TO OPEN AN OFFICE IN TORONTO FUTURE.

GENEVA, THE TOKYO. IN THE NBAR

ABROAD,

"THESE OFFICES ALSO HELP TO PROMOTE HONG KONG'S IMAGE SIR PIERS NOTED.

TRADE

TO THE

THE HONG PIERS

KONG IN

POINTED OUT, SIR ADDITION,

OVERSEAS LOCATIONS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WAS REPRESENTED IN 32 PROMOTE AND DEVELOP HONG KONG'S OVERSEAS TRADE, AND TO PUBLICISE OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVANTAGES OF HONG KONG AS A TRADING PARTNER.

THE

KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION HAD HONG

WHICH HELPED DESTINATION, HE ADDED.

"THESE

HONG

TO PROMOTE

TWO INDEPENDENT

KONG AS AN

16 OVERSEAS ATTRACTIVE

STATUTORY BODIES,

OFFICES, TOURIST

ARB WHICH

FUNDED

SUBSTANTIALLY BY GOVERNMENT, HAVE BEEN PLAYING A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN DAILY ACTIVITIES PROMOTING HONG KONG'S IMAGE OVERSEAS THROUGH THEIR

AND PROGRAMMES.

"ON THE

HAS

OFFICIALS

GENERAL PUBLIC RELATIONS FRONT, GOVERNMENT INITIATED A SPONSORED SPEAKER PROGRAMME UNDER WHICH SENIOR AND LEADING HONG KONG PERSONALITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE TIMB DURING THEIR OVERSEAS TRIPS TO TALK TO INFLUENTIAL GROUPS ABOUT HONG KONG AND THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED HERE, " SIR PIERS SAID.

SIR PIERS SAID THE RESOURCES DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF KONG'S STATUS OVERSEAS HAD BEEN SUFFICIENT.

HONG

H

IT IS ALWAYS EASY TO SPEND MORE BUT WE MUST HAVE REGARD TO THE ALLOCATION OF PRIORITIES, HE SAID.

**

FEES AND CHARGES HELP SPREAD TAX LOAD

SERVICES THE GENERAL POLICY ON FEES AND CHARGES FOR GOVERNMENT IS TO RECOVER FROM USERS THE FULL COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE UNLESS TAX-LOAD THE CHARGES THERE IS A POSITIVE DECISION TO SUBSIDISE OR INVOLVED.

THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON ANSON CHAN, THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN REPLYING QUESTION BY DR THE HON LEONG CHE-HUNG.

SAID

TO A

MRS CHAN SAID CERTAIN SERVICES, SUCH AS THE POST OFFICE, OPERATED BY THE GOVERNMENT ALONG COMMERCIAL LINES.

WERE

/IN SUCH

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