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FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1991
"WE HAVE ALWAYS STRESSED THE VALUE TO HONG KONG OF OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS WHICH BRING IN MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND MODERN MANAGEMENT METHODS," HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT WHILE HONG KONG ENCOURAGED OVERSEAS INVESTMENT, IT DID NOT PROVIDE INDUCEMENTS TO POTENTIAL OVERSEAS INVESTORS.
"WE WILL SELL HONG KONG VIGOROUSLY ABROAD, SO THAT PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS DON'T OVERLOOK US WHEN CONSIDERING AN INVESTMENT LOCATION
IN THE ASIAN REGION.
"WE WILL GIVE A POTENTIAL OVERSEAS INVESTOR INFORMATION, AND WE WILL HELP HIM THROUGH THE MAZE OF RED TAPE WHICH ANY BUSINESS SETTING UP IN HONG KONG IS FACED WITH, AND WHICH CAN BE DISCOURAGING TO A NEWCOMER.
"WE WILL MAKE INTRODUCTIONS TO LIKELY AND SUGGEST A SUITABLE SITE FOR THE INVESTMENT.
JOINT-VENTURE
PARTNERS,
THE
"BUT WE WILL NOT OFFER HIM A TAX HOLIDAY, OR ANY OTHER OF FASHIONABLE INDUCEMENTS ON OFFER TO OVERSEAS INVESTORS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION, MR BARMA STRESSED.
HE SAID HONG KONG'S OVERALL INVESTMENT CLIMATE WAS SUFFICIENTLY FAVOURABLE IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND THERE WAS NO REASON WHY AN OVERSEAS COMPANY, NO MATTER HOW EXCITING ITS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER POTENTIAL, SHOULD BE GIVEN MORE FAVOURED TREATMENT THAN A LOCAL COMPANY.
"SO FAR, OUR EVEN-HANDED APPROACH TOWARDS INVESTMENT HAS
SERVED US WELL, MR BARMA ADDED.
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE NOT JUST MINIMAL BASIC SERVICE
SOME PEOPLE IN HONG KONG HAVE A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC) SERVICE, MISTAKENING IT AS A MINIMAL BASIC SERVICE, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
PROMOTIVE, PREVENTIVE,
PHC COMPRISES A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF CURATIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES WHICH ARE PARTICIPATORY CARE INVOLVING THE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
AT
SPEAKING AT THE 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SPASTICS
THE ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, DR LEE SAID
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PRESENT OPERATED 45 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE SERVICE, IMMUNISATION SERVICE, DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICE.
FREE AND
"SPASTICS AND CHILDREN WITH OTHER HANDICAPS ARE DETECTED AND REFERRED TO CHILD ASSESSMENT SERVICE FOR DETAILED ASSESSMENT TREATMENT," HE SAID.
AND
/"DESPITE THE
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