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TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1992

GOVERNOR IN GERMANY

HELD

A

OF SERIES

MEETINGS TODAY (TUESDAY) ON THE

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WITH GERMAN MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS IN BONN THIRD AND FINAL DAY OF HIS VISIT TO GERMANY.

IN TALKS WITH THE GERMAN ECONOMIC MINISTER, MR JURGEN MOLLEMANN, THE QUESTION OF THE URUGUAY

TRADE NEGOTIATIONS UNDER GATT WAS RAISED BY SIR DAVID.

CLEAR

ROUND OF

THAT THE GERMAN

GOVERNMENT

WAS

MR MOLLEMANN MADE IT PUSHING FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION TO THE URUGUAY ROUND.

WERE

HE TOLD THE GOVERNOR IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE TALKS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED OTHERWISE THE WORLD ECONOMY. WOULD BE AFFECTED.

SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE REMARKS WAS VITALLY INTERESTED IN A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.

AS

HONG KONG

BETWEEN HONG

ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE THE GOVERNOR

GROWING ECONOMIC LINKS KONG AND SOUTHERN CHINA AND THE PLANS FOR MAJOR

NEW AIRPORT WHICH WAS INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE

NOW

UNDER WAY.

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+

MR MOLLEMANN EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE AIRPORT AND

NUMBER OF GERMAN COMPANIES WERE LOOKING

THAT A

INDICATED PARTICIPATE IN SUCH A BIG PROJECT.

ΤΟ

A KEYNOTE FLYING TO A BUSINESS BARBICAN CENTRE ON

THIS AFTERNOON (TUESDAY), THE GOVERNOR IS GIVING SPEECH TO THE GERMAN SOCIETY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BEFORE LONDON FOR ANOTHER HECTIC ROUNG OF ENGAGEMENTS, INCLUDING

AT THE CONFERENCE AND GALA EVENINGS TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS.

HONG KONG AND GERMANY HAVE COMMON INTEREST IN FREE TRADE

THE BENEFITS OF FREE TRADE ARE AS WELL UNDERSTOOD IN GERMANY AS BONN THEY ARE IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON SAID IN TODAY (TUESDAY).

ADDRESSING THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG AND GERMANY HAD A COMMON -

ACHIEVING

ΤΟ INTEREST

A SUCCESSFUL IN

THE CONCLUSION

DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS IN THE GATT URUGUAY ROUND.

"IN HONG KONG WE LOOK UPON GERMANY AS A POWERFUL VOICE IN EUROPEAN COMMUNITY FOR LIBERALISATION IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE. BUT THE THE BENEFITS OF FREE TRADE ARE ALSO BECOMING INCREASINGLY APPARENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.

THE

/"IT IS