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THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1991

GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR DUTY VISIT TO LONDON

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, LEFT TONIGHT LONDON ON A REGULAR DUTY VISIT.

(THURSDAY) FOR

SIR DAVID WILL MERT THE PRIME MINISTER, MR JOHN MAJOR; THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR DOUGLAS HURD; THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, LORD CAITHNESS; AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE.

HR WILL ALSO MEET MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA IN LONDON.

SIR DAVID WOULD DISCUSS A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES WITH MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS DURING HIS VISIT.

IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ON THE AIRPORT ISSUE, THE GOVERNOR HE WOULD GIVE HIS VIEWS AND TO THE EXTENT THAT HE COULD, LOCAL PEOPLE'S VIEWS ON THE ISSUE.

SAID

"THERE ARE OF COURSE A DIVERSITY OF VIEWS ON THIS SUBJECT EVERYTHING, BUT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE GENERAL VIEW IN HONG KONG THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET ON WITH BUILDING AN AIRPORT, HE SAID.

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"BUT WE WANT TO KNOW THAT WE CAN DO IT CARRY THROUGH PROJECT IN A SENSIBLE WAY BEFORE WE ACTUALLY LAUNCH INTO IT," HE ADDED.

"THERE IS NO POINT IN STARTING OFF ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT UNLESS YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE WHOLE THING THROUGH, SIR DAVID SAID.

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APRIL ORDERS-ON-HAND,

EMPLOYMENT AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS FIGURES RELEASED

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IN APRIL 1991, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES INCREASED BY 1% WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991 AND BY 2% WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1990, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND APRIL 1991 INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.

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