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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1991

GOVERNOR COMPLETES FIRST LEG OF NZ VISIT

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HONG KONG AS A CENTRE OF THE DYNAMIC ASIA PACIFIC REGION FASTEST GROWING IN THE WORLD WAS EMPHASISED BY THE GOVERNOR, DAVID WILSON, DURING A MAJOR NATIONAL RADIO BROADCAST IN NEW ZEALAND.

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DAVID

HIGHLY RESPECTED IN A LIVE INTERVIEW ON RADIO NEW ZEALAND'S NEW

TO ZEALAND

TELL SAID HE WAS IN REPORT" SIR "MORNING BUSINESSMEN AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS THAT HONG KONG WAS DOING VERY AND WAS A GOOD PLACE TO "GET INVOLVED IN".

"IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST OF GROWTH IN THE WORLD, SOUTHERN CHINA, THEN HONG KONG IS A VERY PLACE AS A BASE TO OPERATE FROM."

HONG KONG

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AREAS GOOD

AS A DYNAMIC INTERNATIONAL SIR DAVID DESCRIBED BUSINESS CENTRE ON THE COAST OF CHINA, AND SAID THAT WHILE THERE WOULD UNCHANGED, AND BE SOME CHANGES, HONG KONG'S FRAMEWORK WOULD REMAIN THAT INCLUDED ITS VERY HARD-WORKING PEOPLE.

ISLANDS,

THE WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW HEARD THROUGHOUT NEW ZEALAND AND THE FACING HONG KONG, PACIFIC

ON SOME OF THE 198UES TOUCHED

THE FUTURE, AND INCLUDING THE PROBLEM OF THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TERRITORY.

A ESTABLISHING

GOVERNOR HELD TRADE, THE

FOR THE THEME OF HONG KONG AS AN IDEAL BASE BRIDGE INTO CHINA WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AT MEETINGS THE WITH OFFICIALS OF THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND MINISTER OF FINANCE, MRS RUTH RICHARDSON, AND THE PRIME MINISTER, JIM BOLGER.

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IDENTIFIED ITS BUSINES8

SIR DAVID SAID LATER THAT NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS HAD ASIA AS THE AREA WHERE NEW ZEALAND SHOULD EXPAND

NORTH ACTIVITIES.

A BASE

"I HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING THEM TO LOOK AT HONG KONG AS FOR THOSE OPERATIONS AS WE ARE THE BEST SPRINGBOARD FOR THE REGION."

ALSO THE CHANGING NATURE OF NEW ZEALAND'S TRADING PATTERNS WAS

NEGOTIATIONS, MR OUTLINED AT A MEETING WITH THE MINISTER FOR TRADE PHILIP BURDON.

TRADE FROM THE HE SAID THERE HAD BEEN A DRAMATIC SHIFT IN

REGION, TRADITIONAL MARKETS OF NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE TO THE ASIAN

FROM LAST YEAR TWO OUT OF NEW ZEALAND'S TOP 10 TRADING PARTNERS WERE

TO ASIA THIS YEAR IT HAD JUMPED TO SIX OUT OF 10 AND WAS CONTINUING GROW.

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HIS OFFICIAL TONIGHT THE GOVERNOR WOUND UP THE FIRST LEG OF

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND AT A RECEPTION HOSTED BY

THE BRITISH DAME CATHERINE TIZARD, AND AN OFFICIAL DINNER HOSTED BY HIGH COMMISSIONER, MR DAVID MOSS.

TOMORROW SIR DAVID FLIES TO AUCKLAND WHERE HE WILL BE THE QUEST ZEALAND SPEAKER AT A BUSINESS LUNCHEON ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG-NEW BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. LATER IN THE AFTERNOON HE WILL BE INVOLVED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S TOP BUSINESSMEN.

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