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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1992
SIR DAVID SAID IN THE COMPETITIVE MARKET OF HONG KONG, THERE WERE MANY. OTHER PLAYERS.
"THE AMERICANS AND JAPANESE ALSO HAVE LARGE INVESTMENTS IN HONG KONG. SO DOES CHINA.
"JAPANESE INVESTMENT CAME INTO THE GAME MUCH LATER THAN BRITISH AND AMERICAN INVESTMENT; BUT IT IS GROWING PARTICULARLY FAST. SO NOBODY WHO COMPETES IN THE HONG KONG MARKET CAN AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE WERE INTERESTING BUSINESS, PROSPECTS IN EUROPE AS THE LONG-HERALDED PLANS FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S SINGLE MARKET PROGRAMME WERE PUT IN PLACE.
IN THE LONGER TERM, NEW INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES WOULD OPEN AS THE CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES OF EASTERN EUROPE EMBRACED MARKET AND LIBERATED THE CREATIVE ENERGIES OF 400 MILLION PEOPLE, SAID.
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"BUT FOR THE NEXT DECADE, AND PROBABLY WELL BEYOND, IT LIKELY THAT THE ECONOMIES OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION WILL OFFER THE MOST EXCITING BUSINESS PROSPECTS IN THE WORLD.
"HONG KONG IS WELL PLACED TO BENEFIT FROM WHAT THE RECENTLY CALLED THE MOST RAPID INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION THE EVER SEEN, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS HAS ALLOWED ITS PEOPLE ΤΟ DEVOTE MORE TIME AND RESOURCES TO ENRICHING THEIR LIVES, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID IN LONDON TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) AT THE HONG KONG GALA EVENING.
WELCOMING GUESTS TO THE GALA EVENING AT THE BARBICAN CENTRE, SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED THE SHOW WHICH CONDENSED A DAY IN THE LIFE OF HONG KONG, WOULD SHOW THE AUDIENCE SOMETHING OF THE DYNAMISM, AND CREATIVITY OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY.
THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PAST 20 YEARS HONG CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC LANDSCAPE HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED.
HE SAID THE HONG KONG ARTS AND FILM FESTIVALS, WHICH STRONG INTERNATIONAL ELEMENT, WERE NOW POPULAR HIGHLIGHTS KONG'S CALENDAR.
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"ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT IN THE TERRITORY NOW BOASTS VENUE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, AND WE HAVE OUR OWN ORCHESTRAS, COMPANIES AND THEATRE GROUPS.
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