XN000022-1991-03-16 — Page 2

SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1991

HONG KONG PLAYS A VITAL PART IN GLOBAL ECONOMY

HONG KONG AND ASIA DO NOT STAND STILL WHILE EUROPE IS BUSY WITH ON ITSELF, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID IN HAMBURG, GERMANY, FRIDAY (MARCH 15).

SPEAKING AT THE EAST ASIA ASSOCIATION DINNER, THE GOVERNOR SAID MUCH AS IN NEW OPPORTUNITIES BECKONED IN THE REGION, AT LEAST AS EUROPE, FOR ANYONE WHO WANTED TO BE A PLAYER IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY,

IN THE GLOBAL HE SAID.

"NO BUSINESS OR BANK WISHING TO PLAY A ROLE ECONOMY CAN NOW AFFORD TO IGNORE THE ASIAN REGION,

SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG WHICH WAS AT THE HEART OF ASIA/PACIFIC REGION WOULD EXPERIENCE MAJOR GROWTH IN THE NEXT DECADE AND THIS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE SO DESPITE THE POLITICAL CHANGES IN 1997.

HAD SOME

THAT HONG KONG

THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT HONG KONG ANXIOUS MOMENTS BEFORE IT GOT TO 1998, HOWEVER, HE WAS CONFIDENT THE TRADITION OF ADAPTABILITY AND RESILIENCE WOULD CARRY THROUGH.

EDUCATION ESSENTIAL FOR HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY

* *

AND

FACTOR IN IS A CRUCIAL CONTINUING COMMITMENTS TO EDUCATION

EXECUTIVE PROSPERITY, MAINTAINING THE TERRITORY'S STABILITY AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MRS ROSANNA TAM, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

WAS ENABLE

THIS YEAR'S CENTRAL SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF AND WESTERN "GOOD STUDENT AWARD SCHEME", MRS TAM NOTED THAT THERE A NEED TO CULTIVATE A SET OF VALUES AMONG YOUNGSTERS, SO AS TO THEM TO FACE UP TO THE CHALLENGES AHEAD.

IN ΤΟ THEIR

SHE PRAISED THE AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING SOCIAL SERVICE AND CRIME PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, IN ADDITION OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC WORK.

"YOU HAVE SET

VERY

EXAMPLES GOOD

FOR

OTHER

STUDENTS.

THE INVOLVED

COMMUNITY WOULD BE MORE HARMONIOUS IF MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE IN MEANINGFUL PROJECTS," SHE SAID.

REMINDED SHE HOWEVER, CONTINUE THEIR GOOD EFFORTS COMMUNITY.

NOT то BE THEM IN THEIR STUDIES

COMPLACENT, AND IN

SERVING

BUT TO THE

BE WILL YOU COMMUNITY, ***THROUGH SERVING THE EXPERIENCE AND ACQUIRE THE SKILLS TO CO-OPERATE AND OTHER PEOPLE, MRS TAM ADDED.

T

ABLE COMMUNICATE

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GAIN

WITH

/SHE ALSO