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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1991

HK CONTRIBUTES TO DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ECONOMY

IN

ACTIVITIES THE PARTICIPATING HONG KONG HAS BREN REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC, CONTRIBUTING TO THE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL AS WELL AS THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, MEMBER DR DANIEL TSE SAID IN SEOUL TODAY (TUESDAY).

OF

THE

GROWTH OMELCO

DELEGATION

ΤΟ

COMMISSION EXAMPLE

SPEAKING AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG THE 47TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FOR THE ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP), DR TSE SAID ONE NOTABLE

IN THE ESCAP. WAS OBVIOUSLY HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION

THE

BANK, ASTAN DEVELOPMENT

AND THE ASIA TO THE GROWTH AND

"WE ALSO PLAY AN ACTIVE PART IN (ADB), THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)

CONTRIBUTING PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (APDC), DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL AS WELL AS THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

"WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ACTIVELY

PARTECIPATING

CONFERENCE

UP IN

WITH 1980

A (PRCC),

OF THE AIM

IN THE PACIFIC NON-GOVERNMENTAL

DEVELOPING

ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION ORGANISATION SET CO-OPERATION IN REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES.

CLOSER

WHEN THE

PECC

MERTS FOR

ITS

"WE WILL JOIN AS A PULL MEMBER EIGHTH GENERAL MEETING IN SINGAPORE NEXT MONTH.

**IT IS ALSO OUR WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ASIA PACIFIC RCONOMIC CONFERENCE (APEC) SHORTLY,

ACTIVITIES OF THE

"

HE SAID.

A PRIVOTAL, THE GROWTH

DR TSE SAID THE PACIFIC REGION WOULD NO DOUBT HAVE REGARD TO HAVING IN THE WORLD ECONOMY ROLE TO PLAY POTENTIAL OF ASIAN COUNTRIES.

H

CO-OPERATION 'HONG KONG SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC

TRADE LIBERALISATION, TO SUPPORT

ON THE

AGREEMENT GENERAL

GROWTH FOSTER THE ECONOMIC

IN THE PACIFIC RIM TO BRING ABOUT THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM BASED

AND (GATT)

TO TARIFFS AND TRADE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION," HE SAID.

t

ON AND

WHICH THE DR TSE SAID HONG KONG SAW THE 1990'S AS A DECADE IN

ECONOMY ITS

INCREASINGLY WOULD CONTINUED SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY OF DEPEND ON ITS TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY, THE AVAILABILITY OF A POOL ENGINEERING EXPERTISE AND A WELL TRAINED LABOUR FORCE.

HE

GOVERNMENT

MEASURES

WAS TAKING POSITIVE SAID THE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF UNIVERSITY PLACES, IMPROVING THE

TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND PROVIDING TERTIARY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SKILES PRQUIRED.

MORE

OF

BY

QUALITY OF

TRAINING

DECIDED PROVIDE

"TO FURTHER FACELUTATE DEVELOPMENT, THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO ESTABLISH AN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE. THE CENTRE WILL

OF NEWLY ESTABLISHED SUITABLE ACCOMMODATION TO STIMULATE THE GROWTH

PRODUCT DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY-BASED BUSINESSES, TO ASSIST THEM WITH

RELEVANT DEVELOPMENT AND TO FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY.

TO

/"IN ADDITION