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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991

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GOVERNOR OPENS HK PAVILION AT CEBIT FAIR

HONG KONG MADE THE GOVERNOR,

THE '91 HANNOVER CEBIT FAIR PROVIDES A CHANCE FOR TO SHOW AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE THE PROGRESS THE TERRITORY HAS IN OFFICE, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG PAVILION, GOVERNOR THANKED DEUTSCHE MESSE FOR INVITING HONG KONG TO BE "BUSINESS PARTNER" AT THE FAIR.

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KONG BUSINESSES PRODUCTS AT

*AND I AM DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT SO MANY HONG HAVE TAKEN THIS EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY THEIR THIS WORLD-FAMOUS FAIR, HE SAID.

PARTNERSHIP WAS ABOUT MUTUAL BENEFIT, SIR DAVID CEBIT IT IS A CHANCE TO FOCUS ON AN INTERESTING MARKET COMPETITIVE SOURCE OF SUPPLY IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S REGIONS.

"FOR

SAID. AND A VERY GROWING

FASTEST

"SO THIS WEEK WILL BE A REWARDING ONE FOR BOTH OF US,

HE SAID.

CEBIT

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY THAT PROMOTED FED ON CREATIVITY, RESOURCEFULNESS AND ADAPTABILITY AND THESE WERE QUALITIES WHICH HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN HAD IN ABUNDANCE, PARTLY BY INHERITANCE, PARTLY ACQUIRED FROM THE LESSONS OF RECENT HISTORY.

HONG KONG 40 YEAR

HAD HE POINTED OUT THAT OVER THE PAST

MANUFACTURE OF MOVED UP-MARKET RAPIDLY AND HAD DIVERSIFIED FROM THE

PLASTIC TOYS AND SIMPLE THROUGH AND TEXTILES

SIMPLE GARMENTS;

HIGH QUALITY ELECTRONIC GADGETRY; TO A VERY WIDE RANGE OF MEDIUM TO GOODS.

"TODAY HONG KONG IS A BUSINESS AND SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE ASIA- PACIFIC REGION.

"SERVICES NOW ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY 70 PER CENT OF OUR GDP. A REMARKABLE STORY OF GROWTH ACHIEVED THROUGH BEING READY TO MEET

AND COST-EFFECTIVELY, CHANGING REQUIREMENTS OF OUR MARKETS QUICKLY WITH A DUE REGARD FOR QUALITY," HE SAID.

IT IS

THE

THE

TEST HONG

KONG'S

GOVERNOR INVITED PROSPECTIVE BUYERS TO SEE AND

HONG WHETHER FOR THEMSELVES TO PRODUCTS

DETERMINE PERFORMANCE MATCHED ITS WORDS.

RONG

THE

"THIS FAIR PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY," HE ADDED.

THE TRADE

MAKING

SIR DAVID CONGRATULATED THOSE WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN

INCLUDING THE GERMAN DISPLAY OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS POSSIBLE,

DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL; HOSTS,

IN PARTICULAR DEUTSCHE MESSE;

WORKED THE PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL AND THE HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN WHO HAD HARD TO REFINE THEIR PRODUCT DISPLAYS FOR THIS OCCASION.

LADY

AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE GOVERNOR, ACCOMPANIED BY

HE WILL FLY TO THE HAGUE LATER IN THE WILSON, TOURED THE FAIR GROUND. AFTERNOON.

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