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MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1992

HK WELCOMES ORDERS AND IDEAS FROM FASHION BUYERS: GOVERNOR

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HONG KONG, BEING A MAJOR GARMENT MARKET, WELCOMES NOT ONLY ORDERS FROM WORLD-WIDE BUYERS BUT THEIR IDEAS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

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OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG FASHION WEEK THE GOVERNOR SAID HONG KONG'S DESIGNERS WERE NOW BECOMING ATTUNED DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL FASHION.

UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION

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THEY ARE LEARNING TO MAKE THEIR OWN GARMENT DESIGN AS SEEN IN THE FASHION WEEK, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG OWED A GREAT DEAL TO ITS TEXTILES AND GARMENT INDUSTRIES WHICH FUELLED THE TERRITORY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH THE 1960S AND 70S.

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ECONOMY,

"AND ALTHOUGH HONG KONG IS RAPIDLY BECOMING A SERVICE THEY ARE STILL EXTREMELY VALUABLE. TO US, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

HE NOTED THAT THIS YEAR'S HONG KONG FASHION WEEK WAS THAN EVER BEFORE WITH MORE EXHIBITORS AND A WIDER PRODUCT RANGE.

HISTORY

LARGER

"IT ALSO INCLUDES A SPECIAL FEATURE THE HONG KONG FASHION

EXHIBITION

WHICH HAS BEEN ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE OF MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATIONS AND THE EMPLOYEES' UNIONS - AN EXAMPLE THE COOPERATION WHICH HAS BEEN THE CORNERSTONE OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS," SIR DAVID SAID.

BILL OF RIGHTS PROVIDES A CORNERSTONE FOR LIFE IN HONG KONG

THE BILL OF RIGHTS PROVIDED A CORNERSTONE FOR LIFE IN HONG KONG AND HONG KONG WAS THE STRONGER FOR IT, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID AT THE OPENING OF THE LEGAL YEAR CEREMONY TODAY (MONDAY).

ARE ACCEPTED

CAN MEASURE WORLDWIDE,

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"THE COURTS, THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNMENT LAWS AND PRACTICES AGAINST BENCHMARKS THAT MR MATHEWS SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE BILL

OF RIGHTS, WHICH MIRRORED THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AS APPLIED TO HONG KONG, WAS NEVER INTENDED TO GRANT UNFETTERED INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS.

THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN PROTECTING, DEVELOPING AND ORGANISING THE COLLECTIVE INTERESTS OF SOCIETY WAS RECOGNISED IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS.

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