XN000022-1991-03-11 — Page 7

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1991

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"BUT WE ARE NOT COMPLACENT. PAST SUCCESS DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE SUCCESS.

"WE MUST BUILD UPON WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, MR YAXLEY SAID.

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EARLIER IN EDINBURGH, MR YAXLEY URGED REPRESENTATIVES SCOTTISH FINANCIAL COMMUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THEIR BUSINESS LINKS WITH HONG KONG BY SETTING UP THEIR OWN TRADE OFFICE IN THE TERRITORY.

CITING JAPANESE COMPANIES AS EXAMPLES, HE SAID MANY INTERNATIONAL FIRMS HAD DECIDED TO SET UP REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN HONG KONG AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THE SCOTS HAD THEIR OWN PERMANENT PRESENCE THERE.

MR YAXLEY ALSO ADDRESSED THE CHINESE STUDY GROUP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS ASSOCIATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS DURING HIS VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

OTHER THAN EDINBURGH AND CARDIFF, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE HAS HELD RECEPTIONS IN LONDON, BIRMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER, TO BE FOLLOWED BY LIVERPOOL LATER THIS MONTH, TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE RAM.

RECENTLY IN MANCHESTER, OVER 60 GUESTS REPRESENTING THE LOCAL MEDIA, ACADEME, GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS SECTORS ATTENDED AN EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY HKGO TO DEMONSTRATE HONG KONG'S INFRASTRUCTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS, LIFE STYLE AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.

OPENING THE EXHIBITION,

THE DEPUTY HONG KONG COMMISSIONER, MR K.C. KWONG, TOLD THE GUESTS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE EXHIBITION WAS TO INTRODUCE THE MULTI-FACETED WAY OF LIFE IN HONG KONG TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERRITORY.

IN ADDITION, VISITORS WERE ABLE ΤΟ OBTAIN THE LATEST INFORMATION ON HONG KONG BY SPEAKING TO HKGO STAFF AND PICKING UP BACKGROUND MATERIAL AND FACT SHEETS GIVEN OUT AT THE VENUE.

A SIMILAR EXHIBITION IS BEING PLANNED FOR LIVERPOOL LATER THIS MONTH AND IN OTHER UK CITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

LEGCO DEBATE ON FRANCHISED PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES

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MEMBERS OF THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL ASK A TOTAL OF 12 QUESTIONS AND CONSIDER NINE BILLS AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY (MARCH 13),

OF THE NINE BILLS, THREE WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.

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