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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1991

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STI WELCOMES APEC OFFICIALS' RECOMMENDATION

THAT

OF

CHÂU, WELCOMED

ASIA PACIFIC THAT THEY TOGETHER WITH TO AND INVITED

SKOUL

T.H. THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR

THE OFFICIALS MADE BY SENIOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT

TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (APEC) IN KOREA

HONG KONG, MINISTERS WOULD RECOMMEND TO THEIR

APEC INTO SHOULD BE ADMITTED TAIWAN, CHINA AND PARTICIPATE AT THE THIRD APEC MINISTERIAL MEETING TO BE HELD IN IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.

"THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING NEWS,

押

MR CHAU SAID.

"HONG KONG STANDS

READY ΤΟ PARTICIPATE

FULLY IN ALL APĒC

MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES.

ECONOMIC

IS

WELL

AND TRADE PLACED

TO

"AS AN ECONOMY WITH STRONG AND INCREASING HONG KONG THE ASIA TIES IN

PACIFIC REGION,

" HE SAID. CONTRIBUTE TO THE DELIBERATIONS OF APEC,

THE IMPORTANT MR CHAU ACKNOWLEDGED GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, ACTING IN HOST OF THIS YEAR'S APEC MINISTERIAL MEETING, IN SATISFACTORY OUTCOME.

PART

CAPACITY THE

BRINGING

BY PLAYED

THE

OF

THE

ABOUT

ΤΗΚ

LEE AMBASSADOR

SEE-YOUNG,

KOREAN HE ACHIEVED

GOVERNMENT,

THIS

FOR

IMPORTANT

TO GRATEFUL

**I AM PARTICULARLY ASSISTANT MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE THE GREAT SKILL AND PATIENCE WITH WHICH RESULT," HE SAID.

APEC IS AN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL

MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM;

THE

ASSESS

ΤΟ FORUM

STRENGTHEN HELP PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROSPECTS FOR, AND OBSTACLES TO, INCREASED TRADE AND INVESTMENT FLOWS RANGE OF PRACTICAL WITHIN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION; AND IDENTIFY THE COMMON ECONOMIC INTERESTS.

THE EXISTING PARTICIPANTS COMPRISE THE USA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND THE ASEAN COUNTRIES.

IN

AN

BFFORT

TO

AUSTRALIA,

ASIA PACIFIC

PACIFIC ECONOMIC

TIES ITS

WITH STRENGTHEN

MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIES, HONG KONG ALSO BECAME A CO-OPERATION CONFERENCE (PECC) IN MAY THIS YEAR.

ΤΟ

BRINGING PROMOTE

TOGETHER

ECONOMIC

THE PECC IS A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION

BUSINESS

AND GOVERNMENT

ACADEMIC, CO-OPERATION IN THE REGION.

LEADERS

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