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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1991

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GOVERNOR WELCOMES NEW EXCO MEMBERS

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (TUESDAY) WELCOMED MEMBERS TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE FIRST MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WITH ITS NEW MEMBERSHIP, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "IT GAVE ME CHANCE TO WELCOME THE NEW MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL AND IT GAVE CHANCE TO SAY TO THEM THAT THE COUNCIL IS A VERY KEY PART OF WHOLE DECISION-TAKING PROCESS IN HONG KONG.

"IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A COUNCIL DISCUSSES ALL THE MAJOR POLICY ISSUES AND GIVES ITS ADVICE FREELY FRANKLY.

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HE SAID ALTHOUGH THE DOINGS OF THE COUNCIL WERE CONFIDENTIAL, ALL THE NEW MEMBERS TOOK A VERY FULL PART OF THE COUNCIL THIS MORNING.

"AND SO THEY ARE ALREADY UP AND RUNNING,

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AUTOMATION HELPING TO DEAL WITH LABOUR SHORTAGE: GOVERNOR

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A LOT OF WORK IS BEING DONE IN THE AUTOMATION OF INDUSTRY WHICH IS HELPING TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF THE SHORTAGE OF LABOUR IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRY, SIR DAVID SAID: "THE MORE WE CAN AUTOMATE AND GO UP- MARKET, THEN THE BETTER IT IS FOR HONG KONG."

THE GOVERNOR SAID WHAT HE HAD SEEN THIS EVENING WAS ENCOURAGING BECAUSE IT SHOWED THAT HONG KONG WAS AT THE FOREFRONT TECHNOLOGY.

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"I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT EACH YEAR I COME TO THESE AWARDS, THE QUALITY IS IMPROVING AND THAT EACH YEAR WE HAVE MORE PRODUCTS DESIGNED IN HONG KONG, NOT JUST FOR THE HONG KONG MARKET BUT FOR THE WORLD MARKET.

"AND SOME OF THOSE PRODUCTS I'VE SEEN THIS EVENING ARE NOT ONLY EXTREMELY USEFUL, LIKE HOW TO PROGRAMME A VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER WITHOUT REALLY HAVING ΤΟ THINK ABOUT IT, BUT ARE GOING TO BE TREMENDOUSLY GOOD FOR SELLING AROUND THE WORLD, HE SAID.

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"AND TO SEE HONG KONG PRODUCING THAT SORT OF PRODUCT AND THAT

SORT OF DESIGN IS TREMENDOUSLY ENCOURAGING,

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